ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Read number format in cell with spreadsheet sdk

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How to read number format in cell with spreadsheet sdk in C# and ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

This code in C# shows how to read number format in cell with spreadsheet sdk with this how to tutorial

The sample source codes on this page shows how to read number format in cell with spreadsheet sdk in C#. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite: the set that includes 3 SDK products for data extraction from PDF, scans, images and from spreadsheets: PDF Extractor SDK, Data Extraction SDK, Barcode Reader SDK. It can read number format in cell with spreadsheet sdk in C#.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.Spreadsheet;
using Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants;
using System.IO;

namespace HelloWorld
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create new Spreadsheet
            Spreadsheet document = new Spreadsheet();
            document.LoadFromFile("Data.xls");

            // Get worksheet by name
            Worksheet worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets.ByName("Sample");

            // Check dates
            for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
            {
                for (int j = 0; j < 2; j++)
                {
                    // Set current cell
                    Cell currentCell = worksheet.Cell(i, j);

                    // Get format type

                    NumberFormatType formatType = currentCell.ValueDataTypeByNumberFormatString;

                    // Write line
                    Console.Write("Cell({0}:{1}) type is {2}. Value : ", i, j, formatType.ToString());

                    switch (formatType)
                    {
                        case NumberFormatType.DateTime:
                            {
                                // Read datetime
                                DateTime date = currentCell.ValueAsDateTime;

                                // Write date to console output
                                Console.Write(date.ToString());
                            }
                            break;
                        case NumberFormatType.General:
                            {
                                // Write value to console output
                                Console.Write(currentCell.Value);
                            }
                            break;
                    }

                    Console.WriteLine();

                }
            }

            // Close document
            document.Close();
            Console.ReadKey(); 
        }
    }
}