I tried to remove the third row
THIS IS THE EDIT I made based on the comments of rgettman, Leo, zibi. Thank you.
public class MainTest {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream(new File("test.xlsx") );
XSSFWorkbook wb = new XSSFWorkbook(file);
XSSFSheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0);
sheet.removeRow(sheet.getRow(3));
// sheet.shiftRows(3, 3, -1);
File outWB = new File("testResult.xlsx");
OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(outWB);
wb.write(out);
out.flush();
out.close();
System.exit(0);
}
}
But this deletes values in a row but does not remove the row
If you are working with XLS files (not XLSX) then you should use HSSFWorkbook. I just tested the solution below and everything works fine:
File file = new File(....);
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
HSSFWorkbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook(fis);
HSSFSheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0);
sheet.shiftRows(3, 3, -1);
File outWB = new File(.....);
OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(outWB);
wb.write(out);
out.flush();
out.close();
or even beter use the Workbook factory, which does type recognizing for you:
Workbook wb = WorkbookFactory.create(file);
Sheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0);
sheet.shiftRows(3, 3, -1);
belowe you can find a function which does the row removal, it could be used both in xls and xlsx (tested;)).
Workbook wb = WorkbookFactory.create(file);
Sheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0);
removeRow(sheet, 2);
File outWB = new File(...);
OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(outWB);
wb.write(out);
out.flush();
out.close();
public static void removeRow(Sheet sheet, int rowIndex) {
int lastRowNum = sheet.getLastRowNum();
if (rowIndex >= 0 && rowIndex < lastRowNum) {
sheet.shiftRows(rowIndex + 1, lastRowNum, -1);
}
if (rowIndex == lastRowNum) {
Row removingRow = sheet.getRow(rowIndex);
if (removingRow != null) {
sheet.removeRow(removingRow);
}
}
}
See the defnition of Shift rows:
Shifts rows between startRow and endRow n number of rows. If you use a negative number, it will shift rows up. Code ensures that rows don't wrap around. Calls shiftRows(startRow, endRow, n, false, false);
Additionally shifts merged regions that are completely defined in these rows (ie. merged 2 cells on a row to be shifted).
Specified by: shiftRows(...) in Sheet
Parameters:
startRow the row to start shifting
endRow the row to end shifting
n the number of rows to shift
So in order to remove the 3rd row you need to use startRow = 3
(zero based indexing so basically it is fourth row), endRow = sheet.getLastRowNum()
and n = -1
to shift selected rows i.e. from 4th to the last row by 1 row upward.
Try better special function removeRow
Also, XSSFWorkbook work with .xlsx extension.