Apache POI xls column Remove

Question

I don\'t find how to remove a column with the Apache POI API.
I would appreciate a sample code or help on this point.

Answer 1

The answer of cporte is perfectly fine but imho a bit hard to read.

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The Idea:

For every row, delete the cell representing the column which shall be deleted and move all cells to the right of this column one to the left.

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The simplified Implementation:

//Variables for completeness
Sheet sheet;
int columnToDelete;

for (int rId = 0; rId <= sheet.getLastRowNum(); rId++) {
    Row row = sheet.getRow(rId);
    for (int cID = columnToDelete; cID < row.getLastCellNum(); cID++) {
        Cell cOld = row.getCell(cID);
        if (cOld != null) {
            row.removeCell(cOld);
        }
        Cell cNext = row.getCell(cID + 1);
        if (cNext != null) {
            Cell cNew = row.createCell(cID, cNext.getCellType());
            cloneCell(cNew, cNext);
            sheet.setColumnWidth(cID, sheet.getColumnWidth(cID + 1));
        }
    }
}

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The clone cell method copied from the other answer for completeness:

private static void cloneCell( Cell cNew, Cell cOld ){
    cNew.setCellComment( cOld.getCellComment() );
    cNew.setCellStyle( cOld.getCellStyle() );

    switch ( cNew.getCellType() ){
        case Cell.CELL_TYPE_BOOLEAN:{
            cNew.setCellValue( cOld.getBooleanCellValue() );
            break;
        }
        case Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC:{
            cNew.setCellValue( cOld.getNumericCellValue() );
            break;
        }
        case Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING:{
            cNew.setCellValue( cOld.getStringCellValue() );
            break;
        }
        case Cell.CELL_TYPE_ERROR:{
            cNew.setCellValue( cOld.getErrorCellValue() );
            break;
        }
        case Cell.CELL_TYPE_FORMULA:{
            cNew.setCellFormula( cOld.getCellFormula() );
            break;
        }
    }

}