Is there any other way to merge cells in Excel using Apache POI library?
I was trying using the following, but its not working
// selecting the region in Worksheet for merging data
CellRangeAddress region = CellRangeAddress.valueOf("A" + rowNo + ":D"
+ rowNo);
// merging the region
sheet1.addMergedRegion(region);
You can use sheet.addMergedRegion(rowFrom,rowTo,colFrom,colTo);
example sheet.addMergedRegion(new CellRangeAddress(1,1,1,4));
will merge from B2 to E2. Remember it is zero based indexing (ex. POI version 3.12).
for detail refer BusyDeveloper's Guide
The best answer
sheet.addMergedRegion(new CellRangeAddress(start-col,end-col,start-cell,end-cell));
You can use :
sheet.addMergedRegion(new CellRangeAddress(startRowIndx, endRowIndx, startColIndx,endColIndx));
Make sure the CellRangeAddress does not coincide with other merged regions as that will throw an exception.
- If you want to merge cells one above another, keep column indexes same
- If you want to merge cells which are in a single row, keep the row indexes same
- Indexes are zero based
For what you were trying to do this should work:
sheet.addMergedRegion(new CellRangeAddress(rowNo, rowNo, 0, 3));
i made a method that merge cells and put border.
protected void setMerge(Sheet sheet, int numRow, int untilRow, int numCol, int untilCol, boolean border) {
CellRangeAddress cellMerge = new CellRangeAddress(numRow, untilRow, numCol, untilCol);
sheet.addMergedRegion(cellMerge);
if (border) {
setBordersToMergedCells(sheet, cellMerge);
}
}
protected void setBordersToMergedCells(Sheet sheet, CellRangeAddress rangeAddress) {
RegionUtil.setBorderTop(BorderStyle.MEDIUM, rangeAddress, sheet);
RegionUtil.setBorderLeft(BorderStyle.MEDIUM, rangeAddress, sheet);
RegionUtil.setBorderRight(BorderStyle.MEDIUM, rangeAddress, sheet);
RegionUtil.setBorderBottom(BorderStyle.MEDIUM, rangeAddress, sheet);
}