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How retrieve each specific column's values by looping through rows using C# from excel?

I am editing uploaded excel workbooks using C# with the same logic I used to do using VBA. I am using SyncFusion to open the workbooks but however, the code below is not letting me read the whole column to apply the logic. Why?
public void AppendID(string excelFilePath, HttpResponse response)
{
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2007;
IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(excelFilePath);
workbook.Version = ExcelVersion.Excel97to2003;
workbook.Allow3DRangesInDataValidation = true;
//Accessing worksheet via name
IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[2];
When I try to define the range, the error will appear "Two names not allowed".
var prismaID = worksheet.UsedRange["C15:C"].Value;
var type = worksheet.UsedRange["F15:F"].Value;
var placements = worksheet.UsedRange["I15:I"].Value;
if (!type.Contains("PKG"))
{
placements = placements + prismaID;
}
worksheet.Range["G7"].Text = "Testing";
workbook.SaveAs(excelFilePath);
workbook.Close();
}
}
Logic:
Let's say I have three columns and how to use the following logic to manipulate usedRange cells?
ID Condition Name Output
1 Yes Sarah Sarah(1)
2 No George George
3 Yes John(3) John(3)
The logics to apply:
Move the first column 'ID' to the end of the column 'Name' but
if Column 'Condition' contains 'No'then don't move the first column
or if it contains the same 'ID' already.
Here is the VBA code:
With xlSheet
LastRow = xlSheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count
Set target = .Range(.Cells(15, 9), .Cells(LastRow, 9))
values = target.Value
Set ptype=.Range(.Cells(15,6),.Cells(LastRow,6))
pvalues=ptype.Value
For i = LBound(values, 1) To UBound(values, 1)
'if Statement for test keywords
If InStr(1,pvalues(i,1),"Package")= 0 AND InStr(1,pvalues(i,1),"Roadblock")= 0 Then
If Instr(values(I,1),.Cells(i + 15 - LBound(values, 1), 3)) = 0 Then
'If InStr(1,values(i,1),"(")=0 Then
values(i, 1) = values(i, 1) & "(" & .Cells(i + 15 - LBound(values, 1), 3) & ")"
End If
End If
Next
target.Value = values
End With

Your requirement can be achieved by appending column ID with column Name using XlsIO.
Please refer below code snippet for the same.
Code Snippet:
for(int row = 1; row<= worksheet.Columns[1].Count; row++)
{
if (worksheet[row, 2].Value == "yes" && !worksheet[row, 3].Value.EndsWith(")"))
worksheet[row, 4].Value = worksheet[row, 3].Value + "(" + worksheet[row, 1].Value + ")";
else
worksheet[row, 4].Value = worksheet[row, 3].Value;
}
We have prepared simple sample and the sample can be downloaded from the following link.
Sample Link: http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/Sample859524528.zip
I work for Syncfusion.

So I am working with templates in excel, and I developed this logic.
I create a coupling of the first row of column names and the rows using the first cell as the key to bind the data in groups to a multi value dictionary.
I use the below function, which can be adapted to skip rows before parsing allowing you to target the proper row for binding. Book is ExcelDataReader.AsDataSet()
public static MultiValueDictionary<string, ILookup<string, string>> ParseTemplate(string Sheet, ref List<string> keys)
{
int xskip = 0;
MultiValueDictionary<string, ILookup<string, string>> mvd = new MultiValueDictionary<string, ILookup<string, string>>();
var sheetRows = Book.Tables[Sheet];
//Parse First row
var FirstRow = sheetRows.Rows[0];
for (var Columns = 0; Columns < sheetRows.Columns.Count; Columns++)
{
if (xskip == 0)
{
xskip = 1;
continue;
}
keys.Add(FirstRow[Columns].ToString());
}
//Skip First Row
xskip = 0;
//Create a binding of first row and all subsequent rows
foreach (var row in sheetRows.Select().Skip(1))
{
//Make the key the first cell of each row
var key = row[0];
List<string> rows = new List<string>();
foreach (var item in row.ItemArray)
{
if (xskip == 0)
{
xskip = 1;
continue;
}
rows.Add(item.ToString());
}
mvd.Add(key.ToString(), keys.Zip(rows, (m, n) => new { Key = m, Value = n }).ToLookup(x => x.Key, y => y.Value));
xskip = 0;
}
return mvd;
}
}
//This is example of what a function to parse this could do.
foreach(var Key in mvd.Keys)
{
var KeywithValues = mvd[Key];
foreach(ColumnName in Keys)
{
KeywithValues[ColumnName].
}
}
Hope it helps.

Row already belongs to another table error when trying to add rows?

I tried this solution below:
This Row already belongs to another table error when trying to add rows?
I have a Datatable that contains 597 Columns and 20 Rows and are trying to export the data to excel. However, Excel has a maximum column count 256 and so I need to divide the source data into 3 datatables to make the export work.
Below is the code I have written.
var dtmasterdata = data.Tables[name];
for (int j = 1; j < datatableNumberCount; j++)
{
DataTable dt2 = new DataTable();
dt2.TableName = "Master_" + j;
dt2 = dtmasterdata.Copy();
foreach (DataColumn col in dtmasterdata.Columns)
{
DataColumn dtcol = new DataColumn();
dtcol = col;
dt2.Columns.Add(dtcol.ColumnName, dtcol.DataType);
}
for (int k = 0; k < dtmasterdata.Rows.Count; k++)
{
DataRow dr = dt2.NewRow();
dr = dtmasterdata.Rows[k];
dt2.ImportRow(dtmasterdata.Rows[k]);
//dt2.Rows.Add(dr.ItemArray);
}
After that I need to delete few columns like below and I want to create 3 datatables
foreach (DataColumn col in dtmasterdata.Columns)
{
if (j == 1)
{
// condition 1
if (col.Ordinal >= 255)
{
dt2.Columns.RemoveAt(col.Ordinal);
}
}
if (j == 2)
{
// condition 2.
if (col.Ordinal < 255 || col.Ordinal >= 510)
{
dt2.Columns.RemoveAt(col.Ordinal);
}
}
if (j == 3)
{
// condition 3.
if (col.Ordinal <= 510 || col.Ordinal >= 765)
{
dt2.Columns.Add(col);
}
}
}
int worksheetNumber = 1;
string worksheetNameWithNumber = "Master Data";
if (worksheetNumber > 1)
worksheetNameWithNumber = String.Format("{0}_{1}", ws1, worksheetNumber.ToString());
Infragistics.Excel.Worksheet worksheet = wb.Worksheets.Add(worksheetNameWithNumber);
Infragistics.WebUI.UltraWebGrid.UltraWebGrid masterData1 = new Infragistics.WebUI.UltraWebGrid.UltraWebGrid("masterDataGrid");
masterData1.Browser = Infragistics.WebUI.UltraWebGrid.BrowserLevel.UpLevel;
masterData1.DataSource = dt2;
masterData1.DataMember = "Master_" + j;
masterData1.DisplayLayout.HeaderStyleDefault.Font.Bold = true;
masterData1.DisplayLayout.HeaderStyleDefault.Font.Name = "Arial";
masterData1.DisplayLayout.HeaderStyleDefault.Font.Size = FontUnit.Parse("10px");
masterData1.DisplayLayout.HeaderStyleDefault.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightGray;
masterData1.DisplayLayout.RowStyleDefault.Font.Name = "Arial";
masterData1.DisplayLayout.RowStyleDefault.Font.Size = FontUnit.Parse("10px");
Infragistics.WebUI.UltraWebGrid.UltraGridBand masterBand1 = new Infragistics.WebUI.UltraWebGrid.UltraGridBand();
masterData1.Bands.Add(masterBand1);
dgResults.Controls.Add(masterData1);
masterData1.DataBind();
wb.ActiveWorksheet = worksheet;
this.ugWebGridExporter.Export(masterData1, worksheet);
worksheetNumber++;

Your error is because you are trying to add a column to a datatable that already belongs to your source datatable.
dt2.Columns.Add(col);
You can't just iterate through the columns of a datatable and add them to another.
I've a solution to this, which involves cloning the source data and removing what you don't need.
1st, make 3 clones of the datatables you need. Below is an example with me creating my own source table with 596 columns. Notice that clone only takes the data table structure, no data!
var source597ColsTable = new DataTable("Source");
for (var i = 0; i <= 596; i++)
{
source597ColsTable.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Column" + i , typeof(string)));
}
DataRow newRow = source597ColsTable.NewRow();
source597ColsTable.Rows.Add(newRow);
var cols0To199Table = source597ColsTable.Clone();
var cols200To399Table = source597ColsTable.Clone();
var cols400To596Table = source597ColsTable.Clone();
Next copy all the rows from the source table into the clones. The below is a simple function to do so.
private DataTable CopyRowsFromSource(DataTable sourceTable, DataTable destinationTable)
{
foreach (DataRow row in sourceTable.Rows)
{
destinationTable.Rows.Add(row.ItemArray);
}
return destinationTable;
}
Then call this function for each of your tables.
cols0To199Table = CopyRowsFromSource(source597ColsTable, cols0To199Table);
cols200To399Table = CopyRowsFromSource(source597ColsTable, cols200To399Table);
cols400To596Table = CopyRowsFromSource(source597ColsTable, cols400To596Table);
Finally, remove all the columns from the datatables to give you your split.
private DataTable RemoveColumns(DataTable table, int startCol, int endCol)
{
var colsToRemove = new List<DataColumn>();
for (var colCount = startCol; colCount <= endCol; colCount++)
{
colsToRemove.Add(table.Columns[colCount]);
}
foreach (DataColumn col in colsToRemove)
{
table.Columns.Remove(col);
}
return table;
}
Then call.. again for each cloned table.
cols0To199Table = RemoveColumns(cols0To199Table, 200, 596);
cols200To399Table = RemoveColumns(cols200To399Table, 0, 199);
cols200To399Table = RemoveColumns(cols200To399Table, 200, 396);
cols400To596Table = RemoveColumns(cols400To596Table, 0, 399);
After running this, you will have 3 datatables, columns 0-199, 200-399 and 400-596.
Hope that helps.

I am not sure to have really understood all of your code, but to copy a subset of columns to another datatable there is a very simple method in the DataView class named ToTable where you can list the columns you want in the new table. As added bonus, this method copies also the data in the 20 rows of your original table.
So the only difficult is to list these columns to the method.
You can proceed in this way using linq over the DataColumn collection
string[] firstCols = dtmasterdata.Columns
.Cast<DataColumn>()
.Take(255)
.Select(x => x.ColumnName).ToArray();
string[] secondCols = dtmasterdata.Columns
.Cast<DataColumn>()
.Skip(255)
.Take(255)
.Select(x => x.ColumnName).ToArray();
string[] thirdCols = dtmasterdata.Columns
.Cast<DataColumn>()
.Skip(510)
.Select(x => x.ColumnName).ToArray();
DataTable t1 = dtmasterdata.DefaultView.ToTable("Master_1", false, firstCols);
DataTable t2 = dtmasterdata.DefaultView.ToTable("Master_2", false, secondCols);
DataTable t3 = dtmasterdata.DefaultView.ToTable("Master_3", false, thirdCols);

Add Cell and Row in openXML

I have pre define excel format i need to pass the data to excel.I'm able to get the particular sheet .But don't know how to pass the data to cell.
var excelDocument = new ExcelDocument();
var fileName = Guid.NewGuid();
string filePath = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/Uploads/TemplateFiles/test.xlsx");
using (SpreadsheetDocument document =
SpreadsheetDocument.Open(filePath, false))
{
WorkbookPart workbookPart = document.WorkbookPart;
Workbook workbook = document.WorkbookPart.Workbook;
string sheetName = workbookPart.Workbook.Descendants<Sheet>().ElementAt(1).Name;
IEnumerable<Sheet> sheets = document.WorkbookPart.Workbook.Descendants<Sheet>().Where(s => s.Name == "Census Template for Import");
if (sheets.Count() == 0)
{
// The specified worksheet does not exist.
return null;
}
WorksheetPart worksheetPart = (WorksheetPart)document.WorkbookPart.GetPartById(sheets.First().Id);
SheetData sheetData = worksheetPart.Worksheet.GetFirstChild<SheetData>();
var excelRows = sheetData.Descendants<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Spreadsheet.Row>().ToList();
int rowindex = 10;
foreach (var item in census)
{
//how to write the data in cell
rowindex++;
}
worksheetPart.Worksheet.Save();
workbookPart.Workbook.Save();
document.Close();
//worksheetPart.Worksheet.Save();
}
return filePath;

Here is a method for getting a cell or adding a new one, if the cell does not exists, when you know both the row and column indexes.
Note that:
rowIndex and columnIndex should start with 1
property RowIndex of a Row should be initialized during the creation of the row
property CellReference of a Cell should be initialized during the creation of the cell
If RowIndex or CellReference is null, then NullReferenceException will be thrown.
private Cell InsertCell(uint rowIndex, uint columnIndex, Worksheet worksheet)
{
Row row = null;
var sheetData = worksheet.GetFirstChild<SheetData>();
// Check if the worksheet contains a row with the specified row index.
row = sheetData.Elements<Row>().FirstOrDefault(r => r.RowIndex == rowIndex);
if (row == null)
{
row = new Row() { RowIndex = rowIndex };
sheetData.Append(row);
}
// Convert column index to column name for cell reference.
var columnName = GetExcelColumnName(columnIndex);
var cellReference = columnName + rowIndex; // e.g. A1
// Check if the row contains a cell with the specified column name.
var cell = row.Elements<Cell>()
.FirstOrDefault(c => c.CellReference.Value == cellReference);
if (cell == null)
{
cell = new Cell() { CellReference = cellReference };
if (row.ChildElements.Count < columnIndex)
row.AppendChild(cell);
else
row.InsertAt(cell, (int)columnIndex);
}
return cell;
}
Here you will find the code of GetExcelColumnName() method.

Can't tell if its a new file your creating or appending into an existing one but:
spreadSheet.WorkbookPart.WorksheetParts.First().Worksheet.First().AppendChild(new Row());
sheet.First().Last().AppendChild(new Cell() { CellValue = new CellValue("test") });
Should work for both cases but the new cell will be put on the last active row in the first sheet.

I had the same issue that you had and this article How to: Insert text into a cell in a spreadsheet document (Open XML SDK). I guess you need to insert a new Cell object into your worksheet and then insert the specified data (assuming it is a string or that it has already being cast into a string) into that cell.

Seems you define rowindex=10, there are two way to add rows.
If row 10 is last row in your excel then you can simply append new row like:
foreach (var item in census)
{
//how to write the data in cell
Row row = new Row();
row.RowIndex = (UInt32)rowindex;
Cell cell = new Cell()
{
DataType = CellValues.String,
CellValue = new CellValue("value")
};
row.Append(cell);
sheetData.Append(row);
rowindex++;
}
If there are rows after row 10 then you have to use insert,then manually change rows and cells after row 10
index to the right index value like:
foreach (var item in census)
{
//how to write the data in cell
Row refRow = GetRow(sheetData, rowIndex);
++rowIndex;
Cell cell1 = new Cell() { CellReference = "A" + rowIndex };
CellValue cellValue1 = new CellValue();
cellValue1.Text = "";
cell1.Append(cellValue1);
Row newRow = new Row()
{
RowIndex = rowIndex
};
newRow.Append(cell1);
for (int i = (int)rowIndex; i <= sheetData.Elements<Row>().Count(); i++)
{
var row = sheetData.Elements<Row>().Where(r => r.RowIndex.Value == i).FirstOrDefault();
row.RowIndex++;
foreach (Cell c in row.Elements<Cell>())
{
string refer = c.CellReference.Value;
int num = Convert.ToInt32(Regex.Replace(refer, #"[^\d]*", ""));
num++;
string letters = Regex.Replace(refer, #"[^A-Z]*", "");
c.CellReference.Value = letters + num;
}
}
sheetData.InsertAfter(newRow, refRow);
rowindex++;
}
static Row GetRow(SheetData wsData, UInt32 rowIndex)
{
var row = wsData.Elements<Row>().
Where(r => r.RowIndex.Value == rowIndex).FirstOrDefault();
if (row == null)
{
row = new Row();
row.RowIndex = rowIndex;
wsData.Append(row);
}
return row;
}
This is a prototype. You might need to change some code or variable name to fit your project.
References:
append rows in Excel by OpenXML
insert rows in Excel by OpenXML

Force EPPLUS to read as text

I'm developping an application to read xlsx files, do some validation and insert into database. Unfortunatelly when I try to read columns marked as numeric (fe with EAN-13 codes) I get miniumum value of an int.
The user doesn't see this because Excel displays it properly.
How can I make it read the file as plain text? I know I can use OLEBD for it, but I also need to edit the file dynamically, so epplus ExcelPackage is the best choice.
Here is code im using:
FileInfo file = new FileInfo(path);
MainExcel = new OfficeOpenXml.ExcelPackage(file);
{
var ws = MainExcel.Workbook.Worksheets.First();
DataTable tbl = new DataTable();
for (var rowNum = 1; rowNum <= ws.Dimension.End.Row; rowNum++) //currently loading all file
{
var wsRow = ws.Cells[rowNum, 1, rowNum, ws.Dimension.End.Column];
var row = tbl.NewRow();
foreach (var cell in wsRow)
{
row[cell.Start.Column - 1] = cell.Text;
}
tbl.Rows.Add(row);
}
}
and that's how I enumerate columns
foreach (var firstRowCell in ws.Cells[3, 1, 3, ws.Dimension.End.Column])
{
System.Type typeString = System.Type.GetType("System.String") ;
tbl.Columns.Add( firstRowCell.Text , typeString );
}
For people whom it might concern, here is the file (works also for non google users):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3kIzUcpOx-iMC1iY0VoLS1kU3M&authuser=0
I noticed that ExcelRange.value property is an array which contains all of the objects unformatted. But once you iterate over cells in ExcelRange and request cell.Text property, it has already been processed. Trying to modify ConditionalFormatting and DataValidation in ExcelRange does not help (f.e. AddContainsText()) - #EDIT--> Neither for an entire sheet :-(
I'd prefer NOT to cast ExcelRange.Value as Array, it's ugly and very conditional.

Apparently this is the solution (not complete code though, you have to add columns to datatable). I couldn't find the format string which specifies 'no formatting' in Epplus, but here you have it.
var ws = MainExcel.Workbook.Worksheets.First();
DataTable tbl = new DataTable();
for (var rowNum = 1; rowNum <= ws.Dimension.End.Row; rowNum++)
{
var wsRow = ws.Cells[rowNum, 1, rowNum, ws.Dimension.End.Column];
var array = wsRow.Value as object[,];
var row = tbl.NewRow();
int hhh =0;
foreach (var cell in wsRow)
{
cell.Style.Numberformat.Format = "#";
row[cell.Start.Column - 1] = cell.Text;
}
tbl.Rows.Add(row);
}

The cells in your file are custom-formatted as a fraction. Have you done this on purpose?
Anyway, if you want to keep this format, you can alternatively use cell.Value or cell.RichText.Text to get your 13-digit number.
Hope this helps.

datatable get specific column from row

I have the following:
//a datatable with some rows and columns lets say 5x5
var datatable = new DataTable();
var numberofrows = datatable.rows.count;
for (int i = 0; i < numberofrows; i++) {
//for each row, get the 3rd column
var cell = datatable.rows[i].???
}
how do I get the 3rd column for each row?

for 3rd column
var cellValue = datatable.Rows[i][2];
better, if you know the column name,
var cellValue = datatable.Rows[i]["column_name"];

If the table contains 2 columns "Property" and "Value". Contents can be inserted as follows
table.Columns.Add("Property", typeof(string));
table.Columns.Add("Value", typeof(string));
table.Rows.Add("P1", "abc");
table.Rows.Add("P2", "xyz");
To retrive contents of specific column
foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows)
{
if (row["Property"].ToString() == "P1")
{
var value = row["Value"].ToString();
}
}

we can read the particular column values by like this
foreach (DataTable table in ds.Tables)
{
if (table.TableName == "Table1")
{
for (int j = 0; j < table.Rows.Count; j++)
{
int a = Convert.ToInt32( table.Rows[j].ItemArray[3]);
int b = Convert.ToInt32(table.Rows[j].ItemArray[4]);
}
}
}

You can iterate thru the datatable and get every row, which can be thought as an array, so you can pick each element of that particular row using an index (and can also use the name of the column instead of the index, i.e.: row["column3 name"]).
foreach(DataRow row in datatable)
{
Console.WriteLine(row[2]);
}