Find if the cell value starts with single quote mark

Find if the cell value starts with single quote mark

The following sample code explains that the strings like sample and ‘sample cannot be differentiated with Cell.StringValue property. Therefore we must use Style.QuotePrefix property to distinguish them.

//Create an instance of workbook
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
//Access first worksheet from the collection
Worksheet worksheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0);
//Access cells A1 and A2
Cell a1 = worksheet.getCells().get("A1");
Cell a2 = worksheet.getCells().get("A2");
//Add simple text to cell A1 and text with quote prefix to cell A2
a1.putValue("sample");
a2.putValue("'sample");
//Print their string values, A1 and A2 both are same
System.out.println("String value of A1: " + a1.getStringValue());
System.out.println("String value of A2: " + a2.getStringValue());
//Access styles of cells A1 and A2
Style s1 = a1.getStyle();
Style s2 = a2.getStyle();
System.out.println();
//Check if A1 and A2 has a quote prefix
System.out.println("A1 has a quote prefix: " + s1.getQuotePrefix());
System.out.println("A2 has a quote prefix: " + s2.getQuotePrefix());