Delete Ranges

Introduction

In Excel, you can select a range, then delete it and shift other data left or up.

Shift options

Delete Ranges Using Aspose.Cells

Aspose.Cells provides Cells.DeleteRange method to delete a range.

Delete Ranges And Shift Cells Left

Delete a ranage and shift cells left as the following codes with Aspose.Cells:

// Instantiate a new Workbook.
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
// Get all the worksheets in the book.
WorksheetCollection worksheets = workbook.getWorksheets();
// Get the first worksheet in the worksheets collection.
Worksheet worksheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0);
// Get cells.
Cells cells = worksheet.getCells();
// Set a few cells in the range.
cells.get("C2").putValue("C2");
cells.get("C3").putValue("C3");
CellArea ca = CellArea.createCellArea("B2", "B3");
cells.deleteRange(1,1,2,2, ShiftType.LEFT);
String b2 = worksheet.getCells().get("B2").getStringValue();

Delete Ranges And Shift Cells Up

Delete a ranage and shift cells up as the following codes with Aspose.Cells:

// Instantiate a new Workbook.
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
// Get all the worksheets in the book.
WorksheetCollection worksheets = workbook.getWorksheets();
// Get the first worksheet in the worksheets collection.
Worksheet worksheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0);
// Gets cells.
Cells cells = worksheet.getCells();
// Get cells.
Cells cells = worksheet.getCells();
// Set a few cells in the range.
cells.get("B4").putValue("B4");
cells.get("B5").putValue("B5");
cells.deleteRange(1,1,2,1, ShiftType.UP);