Data sorting in Excel is to sort one or more columns of unordered data according to different needs, which helps to display the data in a more organized way and also helps people find the required data faster. This article will demonstrate how to sort data within a cell range using Free Spire.XLS for Java.
Installation
Method 1: Download the free Java library and unzip it, then add the Spire.Xls.jar file to your project as dependency.
Method 2: You can also add the jar dependency to maven project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>com.e-iceblue</id>
<name>e-iceblue</name>
<url>http://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
<artifactId>spire.xls.free</artifactId>
<version>3.9.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
Sample Code
import com.spire.xls.*;
public class SortData {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//Create a Workbook object
Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
//Load the sample Excel file
workbook.loadFromFile("test3.xlsx");
//Get the first worksheet
Worksheet sheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0);
//Specify the column index and the sort mode. The column index starts from 0.
workbook.getDataSorter().getSortColumns().add(0, SortComparsionType.Values, OrderBy.Ascending);
//Specify the range to sort
workbook.getDataSorter().sort(sheet.getCellRange("A1:D10"));
//Save the document
workbook.saveToFile("SortData.xlsx", ExcelVersion.Version2013);
}
}
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