Python read txt content written in xls format excel method

import xlwt
import codecs

def Txt_to_Excel(inputTxt,sheetName,start_row,start_col,outputExcel):
 fr = (inputTxt,'r')
 wb = (encoding = 'utf-8')
 ws = wb.add_sheet(sheetName)

 line_number = 0# how many rows the record has, equivalent to i when written to excel.
 row_excel = start_row
 try:
  for line in fr :
   line_number +=1
   row_excel +=1
   line = ()
   line = (' ')
   len_line = len(line)How many numbers are in each row of the #list, equivalent to writing to excel j
   col_excel = start_col
   for j in range(len_line):
    print (line[j])
    (row_excel,col_excel,line[j])
    col_excel +=1
    (outputExcel)
 except:
  print ('')


if __name__=='__main__':
 sheetName = 'Sheet2'# need to be written to Sheet2 in excel, you can set your own
 start_row = 7 # Starting on line 7
 start_col = 3 # Write from column 3
 inputfile = '' # Input files
 outputExcel = 'excel_result.xls' # Output excel file
 Txt_to_Excel(inputfile,sheetName,start_row,start_col,outputExcel)el)