Java POI: How to find an Excel cell with a string value and get its position (row) to use that position to find another cell

Question

I\'m looking for a cell in a spreadsheet that has the string \'Total\' and then use the row in which that cell is to find the total value in another cell which is always the

Answer 1

This method fix is the solution to your problem:

private static int findRow(HSSFSheet sheet, String cellContent) {
    for (Row row : sheet) {
        for (Cell cell : row) {
            if (cell.getCellType() == Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING) {
                if (cell.getRichStringCellValue().getString().trim().equals(cellContent)) {
                    return row.getRowNum();  
                }
            }
        }
    }               
    return 0;
}

Keep in mind that your colnr is still a fixed value.

Answer 2

You have a semicolon after your if statement which means your if won't work:

if(cell.getRichStringCellValue().getString () == cellContent);{

Even if this won't resolve your problem, I think your while statement may not be proper for here;

while(cell.getCellType() == Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING)

As far as I remember, there are other Cell types in POI. Try to put a breakpoint on these lines and check them if they have correct CellType.