using Python to retrieve formatted strings from excel cell - excel

Question

I'm trying to pull a string from an excel cell that will retain it's formatting when executed in Python. For example. I'm only a week into learning this (and this is my first post on stackoverflow), please forgive any errors of convention in my code or post.
The variable 'name' is global and is defined through input earlier in the program. Everything works fine when the cell contents are defined in the program instead (ex: question = f"Hello {name} returns exactly what i expect, with the variable value swapped out for {name}).
I am pulling the correct workbook, sheet and cell (1,1), and the cell's contents are: Hello {name}
I've also tried: f"Hello {name}"
Input:
import openpyxl
from gtts import gTTS
import os
def speak(question):
language = 'en'
myobj = gTTS(text=mytext, lang=language, slow=False)
myobj.save("q.mp3")
os.system("q.mp3")
path = "wb1.xlsx"
wb_obj = openpyxl.load_workbook(path)
sheet_obj = wb_obj.active
question = f"{sheet_obj.cell(row = 1, column = 2).value}"
speak(question)
Output:
Hello {name}
I've tried the above format of question = f"(...)" as well as without the formatting. I've also tried leaving the sheet_obj.cell(row = 1, column = 2).value as is without formatting the string. Nothing has worked for me yet, any insight would be greatly appreciated. This community has been an amazing resource so far! Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

To use a dynamically created format string, use the eval function.
This example may help. It creates an excel file with a formatted cell value, then retrieves the format string and creates an final output string using the eval function.
import openpyxl as px
# create workbook
wb = px.Workbook()
ws = wb.active
ws.cell(1,1).value='hello {xxx}' # format string
wb.save("extest.xlsx")
# retrieve workbook
wb = px.load_workbook('extest.xlsx')
ws = wb.worksheets[0]
v = ws.cell(1,1).value # hello {xxx}
xxx = 'python'
print(v) # hello {xxx}
print(eval('f"' + v + '"')) # hello python
print(eval('f"' + ws.cell(1,1).value + '"')) # hello python
print(eval(f'f"{ws.cell(1,1).value}"')) # hello python
Output
hello {xxx}
hello python
hello python
hello python