Java – Reading Excel sheet column wise using apache poi

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Can I read a excel sheet column wise using apache poi..?(without using row Iterator)

for (Row row : sheet) {
    Cell firstCell = row.getCell(0);
    // Printing Stuff
}

I know, the above one will do the same. But I need to get first column's data without using Row Iterator.

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You can iterate over the sheet without using iterator

    Workbook wb = WorkbookFactory.create(new FileInputStream("file.xls"));
    Sheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0);

    for (int j=0; j< sheet.getLastRowNum() + 1; j++) {
        Row row = sheet.getRow(j);
        Cell cell = row.getCell(0); //get first cell
        // Printing Stuff
    }

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Java – how to read all cell value using Apache POI

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Vector;

import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFCell;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFRow;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;

public class ReadExcelFile {

public static void main( String [] args ) {

    String fileName="C:\\temp\\testPOI.xls";
    //Read an Excel File and Store in a Vector
    Vector dataHolder=readExcelFile(fileName);
    //Print the data read
    printCellDataToConsole(dataHolder);
}
public static Vector readExcelFile(String fileName)
{
    /** --Define a Vector
        --Holds Vectors Of Cells
     */
    Vector cellVectorHolder = new Vector();

    try{
    /** Creating Input Stream**/
    //InputStream myInput= ReadExcelFile.class.getResourceAsStream( fileName );
    FileInputStream myInput = new FileInputStream(fileName);

    /** Create a POIFSFileSystem object**/
    POIFSFileSystem myFileSystem = new POIFSFileSystem(myInput);

    /** Create a workbook using the File System**/
     HSSFWorkbook myWorkBook = new HSSFWorkbook(myFileSystem);

     /** Get the first sheet from workbook**/
    HSSFSheet mySheet = myWorkBook.getSheetAt(0);

    /** We now need something to iterate through the cells.**/
      Iterator rowIter = mySheet.rowIterator();

      while(rowIter.hasNext()){
          HSSFRow myRow = (HSSFRow) rowIter.next();
          Iterator cellIter = myRow.cellIterator();
          Vector cellStoreVector=new Vector();
          while(cellIter.hasNext()){
              HSSFCell myCell = (HSSFCell) cellIter.next();
              cellStoreVector.addElement(myCell);
          }
          cellVectorHolder.addElement(cellStoreVector);
      }
    }catch (Exception e){e.printStackTrace(); }
    return cellVectorHolder;
}

private static void printCellDataToConsole(Vector dataHolder) {

    for (int i=0;i<dataHolder.size(); i++){
               Vector cellStoreVector=(Vector)dataHolder.elementAt(i);
        for (int j=0; j < cellStoreVector.size();j++){
            HSSFCell myCell = (HSSFCell)cellStoreVector.elementAt(j);
            String stringCellValue = myCell.toString();
            System.out.print(stringCellValue+"\t");
        }
        System.out.println();
    }
}

}

Java – Copy Excel Sheet using Apache POI

You'll probably want the cloneSheet(sheetNumber) method on the Workbook. See the JavaDocs for details

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