Copying Rows and Columns in Ruby

Aspose.Cells - Copying Rows and Columns

Copying Rows

Aspose.Cells provides the copyRow method of the Cells class. This method copies all types of data including formulas, values, comments, cell formats, hidden cells, images and other drawing objects from the source row to the destination row.

The copyRow method takes the following parameters:

• the source Cells object,
• the source row index, and
• the destination row index.

Ruby Code

 def copy_rows()

    data_dir = File.dirname(File.dirname(File.dirname(__FILE__))) + '/data/'



    # Instantiating a Workbook object by excel file path

    workbook = Rjb::import('com.aspose.cells.Workbook').new(data_dir + 'Book1.xls')

    # Accessing the first worksheet in the Excel file

    worksheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0)

    # Copy the second row with data, formattings, images and drawing objects

    # to the 12th row in the worksheet.

    worksheet.getCells().copyRow(worksheet.getCells(),1,11)

    # Saving the modified Excel file in default (that is Excel 2003) format

    workbook.save(data_dir + "Copy Rows.xls")

    puts "Copy Rows Successfully."

end

Copying Columns

Aspose.Cells provides the copyColumn method of the Cells class, this method copies all types of data, including formulas - with updated references - and values, comments, cell formats, hidden cells, images and other drawing objects from the source column to the destination column.

The copyColumn method takes the following parameters:

• the source Cells object,
• source column index, and
• the destination column index.

Ruby Code

 def copy_columns()

    data_dir = File.dirname(File.dirname(File.dirname(__FILE__))) + '/data/'



    # Instantiating a Workbook object by excel file path

    workbook = Rjb::import('com.aspose.cells.Workbook').new

    # Accessing the first worksheet in the Excel file

    worksheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0)

    # Put some data into header rows (A1:A4)

    i = 0

    while i < 5

        worksheet.getCells().get(i, 0).setValue("Header Row #{i}")

        i +=1

    end

    # Put some detail data (A5:A999)

    i = 5

    while i < 1000

        worksheet.getCells().get(i, 0).setValue("Detail Row #{i}")

        i +=1

    end

    # Create another Workbook.

    workbook1 = Rjb::import('com.aspose.cells.Workbook').new

    # Get the first worksheet in the book.

    worksheet1 = workbook1.getWorksheets().get(0)

    # Copy the first column from the first worksheet of the first workbook into

    # the first worksheet of the second workbook.

    worksheet1.getCells().copyColumn(worksheet.getCells(),0,2)

    # Autofit the column.

    worksheet1.autoFitColumn(2)

    # Saving the modified Excel file in default (that is Excel 2003) format

    workbook.save(data_dir + "Copy Columns.xls")

    puts "Copy Columns Successfully."

end

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