I need to read one fixed column of an Excel sheet and from that column I need to find out the variables and load them into a Java program.
For example I need to read column a1 which contains the following data: "What is /@v1@/% of /@v2@/?"
/@v1@/ and /@v2@/ are the variables. My Java program needs to detect these variables and insert random values into them. I have done the following:
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
public class ACGS {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
//test file is located in your project path
FileInputStream fileIn = new FileInputStream("C://users/admin/Desktop/Content.xls");
//read file
POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(fileIn);
HSSFWorkbook filename = new HSSFWorkbook(fs);
//open sheet 0 which is first sheet of your worksheet
HSSFSheet sheet = filename.getSheetAt(0);
//we will search for column index containing string "Your Column Name" in the row 0 (which is first row of a worksheet
String columnWanted = "v4";
Integer columnNo = null;
//output all not null values to the list
List<Cell> cells = new ArrayList<Cell>();
Row firstRow = sheet.getRow(0);
for(Cell cell:firstRow){
if (cell.getStringCellValue().equals(columnWanted)){
columnNo = cell.getColumnIndex();
}
}
if (columnNo != null){
for (Row row : sheet) {
Cell c = row.getCell(columnNo);
if (c == null || c.getCellType() == Cell.CELL_TYPE_BLANK) {
// Nothing in the cell in this row, skip it
} else {
cells.add(c);
}
}
}else{
System.out.println("could not find column " + columnWanted + " in first row of " + fileIn.toString());
}
}
}
Could you tell me how can I proceed further?