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This article demonstrate how to create and how to read Excel files
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1. Installation
Download the Java Excel library (http://jexcelapi.sourceforge.net/) from the
webpage

To use this library in your Java program add the lib jxl.jar to your classpath in
your project. See Changing classpath in Eclipse
(http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/Eclipse/article.html#classpath).

2. Create an Excel Spreadsheet

Create a new Java project called de.vogella.java.excel. Create the
de.vogella.java.excel.writer package and the following class.

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import jxl.write.WritableWorkbook;
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public class WriteExcel {

private WritableCellFormat timesBoldUnderline;

private WritableCellFormat times;
private String inputFile;

public void setOutputFile(String inputFile) {

this.inputFile = inputFile;
}

public void write() throws IOException, WriteException {

File file = new File(inputFile);
WorkbookSettings wbSettings = new WorkbookSettings();

wbSettings.setLocale(new Locale("en", "EN"));

WritableWorkbook workbook = Workbook.createWorkbook(file,

wbSettings);
workbook.createSheet("Report", 0);
WritableSheet excelSheet = workbook.getSheet(0);
createLabel(excelSheet);
createContent(excelSheet);

workbook.write();
workbook.close();
}

private void createLabel(WritableSheet sheet)

throws WriteException {
// Lets create a times font
WritableFont times10pt = new WritableFont(WritableFont.TIMES,
10);
// Define the cell format
times = new WritableCellFormat(times10pt);
// Lets automatically wrap the cells
times.setWrap(true);

// create create a bold font with unterlines

WritableFont times10ptBoldUnderline = new WritableFont(
WritableFont.TIMES, 10, WritableFont.BOLD, false,
UnderlineStyle.SINGLE);
timesBoldUnderline = new
WritableCellFormat(times10ptBoldUnderline);
// Lets automatically wrap the cells
timesBoldUnderline.setWrap(true);

CellView cv = new CellView();

cv.setFormat(times);
cv.setFormat(timesBoldUnderline);
cv.setAutosize(true);

// Write a few headers

addCaption(sheet, 0, 0, "Header 1");
addCaption(sheet, 1, 0, "This is another header");

private void createContent(WritableSheet sheet) throws

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// now a bit of text
for (int i = 12; i < 20; i++) {
// First column
addLabel(sheet, 0, i, "Boring text " + i);
// Second column
addLabel(sheet, 1, i, "Another text");
}
}

private void addCaption(WritableSheet sheet, int column, int row,

String s)
throws RowsExceededException, WriteException {
Label label;
label = new Label(column, row, s, timesBoldUnderline);
sheet.addCell(label);
}

private void addNumber(WritableSheet sheet, int column, int row,

Integer integer) throws WriteException, RowsExceededException
{
Number number;
number = new Number(column, row, integer, times);
sheet.addCell(number);
}

private void addLabel(WritableSheet sheet, int column, int row,

String s)
throws WriteException, RowsExceededException {
Label label;
label = new Label(column, row, s, times);
sheet.addCell(label);
}

public static void main(String[] args) throws WriteException,

IOException {
WriteExcel test = new WriteExcel();
test.setOutputFile("c:/temp/lars.xls");
test.write();
System.out
.println("Please check the result file under
c:/temp/lars.xls ");
}
}

I assume that the code is pretty much self-explaining. I tried to add lots of
comments to make it easier to understand.For more complex examples have a
look at the excellent documentation of the Java Excel API which is also part of
the distribution.

3. Read an existing Excel Spreadsheet

Reuse the project "de.vogella.java.excel". Create a package
"de.vogella.java.excelreader" and the following class "ReadExcel".

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public void read() throws IOException {
File inputWorkbook = new File(inputFile);
Workbook w;
try {
w = Workbook.getWorkbook(inputWorkbook);
// Get the first sheet
Sheet sheet = w.getSheet(0);
// Loop over first 10 column and lines

for (int j = 0; j < sheet.getColumns(); j++) {

for (int i = 0; i < sheet.getRows(); i++) {
Cell cell = sheet.getCell(j, i);
CellType type = cell.getType();
if (type == CellType.LABEL) {
System.out.println("I got a label "
+ cell.getContents());
}

if (type == CellType.NUMBER) {
System.out.println("I got a number "
+ cell.getContents());
}

}
}
} catch (BiffException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

ReadExcel test = new ReadExcel();
test.setInputFile("c:/temp/lars.xls");
test.read();
}

Create an excel spreadsheet and save it somewhere, e.g. c:/temp/lars.xls .

I assume that the code is pretty much self-explaining. I tried to add lots of
comments to make it easier to understand.For more complex examples have a
look at the excellent documentation of the Java Excel API which is also part of
the distribution.

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Copyright © 2012-2018 vogella GmbH. Free use of the software examples is
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