how to read a excel file in java
//You need Apache POI library in order to work this code //Using Apache POI import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFSheet; import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook; import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell; import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.FormulaEvaluator; import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row; public class ReadExcelFileDemo { public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException { //obtaining input bytes from a file FileInputStream fis=new FileInputStream(new File("C:\\demo\\student.xls")); //creating workbook instance that refers to .xls file HSSFWorkbook wb=new HSSFWorkbook(fis); //creating a Sheet object to retrieve the object HSSFSheet sheet=wb.getSheetAt(0); //evaluating cell type FormulaEvaluator formulaEvaluator=wb.getCreationHelper().createFormulaEvaluator(); for(Row row: sheet) //iteration over row using for each loop { for(Cell cell: row) //iteration over cell using for each loop { switch(formulaEvaluator.evaluateInCell(cell).getCellType()) { case Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC: //field that represents numeric cell type //getting the value of the cell as a number System.out.print(cell.getNumericCellValue()+ "\t\t"); break; case Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING: //field that represents string cell type //getting the value of the cell as a string System.out.print(cell.getStringCellValue()+ "\t\t"); break; } } System.out.println(); } } }
