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    "result": {"data":{"markdownRemark":{"html":"<p>Let’s read the <del>budget.xlsx</del> file into a DataFrame:</p>\n<pre class=\"grvsc-container synthwave-84\" data-language=\"py\" data-index=\"0\"><code class=\"grvsc-code\"><span class=\"grvsc-line\"><span class=\"grvsc-gutter-pad\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-gutter grvsc-line-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-content=\"1\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-source\"><span class=\"mtk10\">import</span><span class=\"mtk15\"> pandas </span><span class=\"mtk10\">as</span><span class=\"mtk15\"> pd</span></span></span>\n<span class=\"grvsc-line\"><span class=\"grvsc-gutter-pad\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-gutter grvsc-line-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-content=\"2\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-source\"></span></span>\n<span class=\"grvsc-line\"><span class=\"grvsc-gutter-pad\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-gutter grvsc-line-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-content=\"3\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-source\"><span class=\"mtk15\">data </span><span class=\"mtk12\">=</span><span class=\"mtk15\"> pd.</span><span class=\"mtk6\">read_excel</span><span class=\"mtk15\">(</span><span class=\"mtk16\">&quot;budget.xlsx&quot;</span><span class=\"mtk15\">, </span><span class=\"mtk8 mtki\">sheet_name</span><span class=\"mtk12\">=</span><span class=\"mtk16\">&quot;sheet2&quot;</span><span class=\"mtk15\">)</span></span></span>\n<span class=\"grvsc-line\"><span class=\"grvsc-gutter-pad\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-gutter grvsc-line-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-content=\"4\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-source\"></span></span>\n<span class=\"grvsc-line\"><span class=\"grvsc-gutter-pad\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-gutter grvsc-line-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-content=\"5\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-source\"><span class=\"mtk15\">data</span></span></span></code></pre>\n<p><strong>Output:</strong></p>\n<p><span\n      class=\"gatsby-resp-image-wrapper\"\n      style=\"position: relative; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 439px; \"\n    >\n      <a\n    class=\"gatsby-resp-image-link\"\n    href=\"/static/89648e558beb2ea2b8183a6629897cae/54b61/budget.png\"\n    style=\"display: block\"\n    target=\"_blank\"\n    rel=\"noopener\"\n  >\n    <span\n    class=\"gatsby-resp-image-background-image\"\n    style=\"padding-bottom: 74.5%; position: relative; bottom: 0; left: 0; background-image: url('data:image/png;base64,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'); 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