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+<%@page contentType="text/html"
+import="java.io.*,org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem,org.apache.poi
+.hssf.record.*,org.apache.poi.hssf.model.*,org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.*,org.a
+pache.poi.hssf.util.*" %>
+
+Read Excel file
+
+
+An example of using Jakarta POI's HSSF package to read an excel spreadsheet:
+
+
+
+
+<%
+ String filename = request.getParameter("xls_filename");
+ if (filename != null && !filename.equals("")) {
+%>
+
You chose the file <%= filename %>.
+
It's contents are:
+<%
+ try
+ {
+
+ // create a poi workbook from the excel spreadsheet file
+ POIFSFileSystem fs =
+ new POIFSFileSystem(new FileInputStream(filename));
+ HSSFWorkbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook(fs);
+
+ for (int k = 0; k < wb.getNumberOfSheets(); k++)
+ {
+%>
+
Sheet <%= k %>
+<%
+
+ HSSFSheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(k);
+ int rows = sheet.getPhysicalNumberOfRows();
+
+ for (int r = 0; r < rows; r++)
+ {
+ HSSFRow row = sheet.getRow(r);
+ if (row != null) {
+ int cells = row.getPhysicalNumberOfCells();
+%>
+
ROW <%=
+row.getRowNum() %>
+<%
+ for (short c = 0; c < cells; c++)
+ {
+ HSSFCell cell = row.getCell(c);
+ if (cell != null) {
+ String value = null;
+
+ switch (cell.getCellType())
+ {
+
+ case HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_FORMULA :
+ value = "FORMULA ";
+ break;
+
+ case HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC :
+ value = "NUMERIC value="
+ + cell.getNumericCellValue
+();
+ break;
+
+ case HSSFCell.CELL_TYPE_STRING :
+ value = "STRING value="
+ + cell.getStringCellValue();
+ break;
+
+ default :
+ }
+%>
+ <%= "CELL col="
+
+ + cell.getCellNum()
+ + " VALUE=" + value %>
+<%
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ catch (Exception e)
+ {
+%>
+ Error occurred: <%= e.getMessage() %>
+<%
+ e.printStackTrace();
+ }
+
+ }
+%>
+
+
+