Copying Rows and Columns

Introduction

Sometimes, you need to copy rows and columns in a worksheet without copying the entire worksheet. With Aspose.Cells, it is possible to copy rows and columns within or between workbooks.
When a row (or column) is copied, the data contained in it, including formulas — with updated references — and values, comments, formatting, hidden cells, images, and other drawing objects are copied too.

How to Copy Rows and Columns with Microsoft Excel

1. Select the row or column that you want to copy.
2. To copy rows or columns, click Copy on the Standard toolbar, or press CTRL+C.
3. Select a row or column below or to the right of where you want to copy your selection.
4. When you are copying rows or columns, click Copied Cells on the Insert menu.

If you click Paste on the Standard toolbar or press CTRL+V instead of clicking a command on the Insert menu, any content of the destination cells is replaced.

How to Paste Rows and Columns using Paste Options with Microsoft Excel

1. Select the cells that contain the data or other attributes that you want to copy.
2. On the Home tab, click Copy.
3. Click the first cell in the area where you want to paste what you copied.
4. On the Home tab, click the arrow next to Paste, and then select Paste Special.
5. Select the options you want.

How to Copy Rows and Columns Using Aspose.Cells for .NET

How to Copy Single 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.

Use this method to copy a row within a sheet or to another sheet. The CopyRow method works in a similar way to Microsoft Excel; for example, you don’t need to set the height of the destination row explicitly— that value is copied too.

The following example shows how to copy a row in a worksheet. It uses a template Excel file and copies the second row (complete with data, formatting, comments, images, and so on) and pastes it to the 12th row in the same worksheet.

You can skip the step that gets the source row height using the Cells.GetRowHeight method and then sets the destination row height using the Cells.SetRowHeight method, as the CopyRow method automatically takes care of the row height.

When copying rows, it is important to note related images, charts, or other drawing objects, as with Microsoft Excel:

1. If the source row index is 5, the image, chart, etc., is copied if it is contained within the three rows (the starting row index is 4 and the ending row index is 6).
2. The existing images, charts, etc., in the destination row will not be removed.

How to Copy Multiple Rows

You can also copy multiple rows onto a new destination while using the Cells.CopyRows method, which takes an additional integer parameter to specify the number of source rows to be copied.

How to Copy 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,
• the source column index, and
• the destination column index.

Use the CopyColumn method to copy a column within a sheet or to another sheet.

This example copies a column from a worksheet and pastes it into a worksheet in another workbook.

How to Copy Multiple Columns

Similar to the Cells.CopyRows method, the Aspose.Cells APIs also provide the Cells.CopyColumns method to copy multiple source columns to a new location.

How to Paste Rows and Columns with Paste Options

Aspose.Cells now provides PasteOptions while using the functions CopyRows and CopyColumns. It allows you to set appropriate paste options similar to Excel.