BE THE CODER > Excel > Java Excel API Examples > How to copy and update Excel Cells

Java Excel API is an open source java library to read, write and modify Excel spread sheets. This requires the library jxl-2.6.12.jar to be in classpath. The following example shows how to copy and update Cells in Excel Spread sheet.

File Name :	com/bethecoder/tutorials/jexcelapi/write/CellCopyTest2.java
Author :	Sudhakar KV
Email :	[email protected]


package com.bethecoder.tutorials.jexcelapi.write;



import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;



import jxl.Workbook;

import jxl.format.Colour;

import jxl.read.biff.BiffException;

import jxl.write.Label;

import jxl.write.WritableCell;

import jxl.write.WritableCellFormat;

import jxl.write.WritableFont;

import jxl.write.WritableSheet;

import jxl.write.WritableWorkbook;

import jxl.write.WriteException;



public class CellCopyTest2 {



  /**

   * @param args

   * @throws IOException 

   * @throws IOException 

   * @throws WriteException 

   * @throws BiffException 

   */

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, WriteException {

    //Creates a writable workbook with the given file name

    WritableWorkbook workbook = Workbook.createWorkbook(new File("C:/JXL/CopyCell2.xls"));

    

    WritableSheet sheet = workbook.createSheet("My Sheet", 0);

    

    // Create cell font and format

    WritableFont cellFont = new WritableFont(WritableFont.TIMES, 16);

    cellFont.setColour(Colour.BLUE);

    

    WritableCellFormat cellFormat = new WritableCellFormat(cellFont);

    cellFormat.setBackground(Colour.ORANGE);



    // Create the label, specifying content and format

    Label label = new Label(1, 2, "ABCD", cellFormat);

    sheet.addCell(label);

    

    //Create copies of cell in a loop

    WritableCell copiedCell = null;

    WritableCellFormat cpCellFormat = new WritableCellFormat(cellFont);

    cpCellFormat.setBackground(Colour.PINK);

    

    for (int i = 0 ; i < 4 ; i ++) {

      //Deep copy cell

      copiedCell = sheet.getWritableCell(1, 2).copyTo(1, 4 + i);

      copiedCell.setCellFormat(cpCellFormat);

      sheet.addCell(copiedCell);

    }

    

    //Writes out the data held in this workbook in Excel format

    workbook.write(); 

    

    //Close and free allocated memory 

    workbook.close(); 

  }



}