BE THE CODER > Excel > Java Excel API Examples > How to get Excel Workbook Sheet by name

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 get the Excel workbook spread sheet by its name.

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


package com.bethecoder.tutorials.jexcelapi.read;



import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;



import jxl.Sheet;

import jxl.Workbook;

import jxl.read.biff.BiffException;



public class GetSheetsByNameTest {



  /**

   * @param args

   * @throws IOException 

   * @throws BiffException 

   */

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

    //Read the given XL sheet 

    Workbook workbook = Workbook.getWorkbook(new File("C:/JXL/Sheet-Names.xls"));

    System.out.println("Number of sheets in this workbook : " + workbook.getNumberOfSheets());

    

    Sheet sheetABCD = workbook.getSheet("ABCD");

    System.out.println(sheetABCD.getName());

    

    Sheet sheetPQR = workbook.getSheet("PQR");

    System.out.println(sheetPQR.getName());

    

    Sheet sheetXYZ = workbook.getSheet("XYZ");

    System.out.println(sheetXYZ.getName());

    

    //Close and free allocated memory 

    workbook.close(); 

  }



}