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Create Excel File in Java

In this blog, I will show you how to create an Excel file in Java with Free Spire.XLS for Java API.

Free Spire.XLS for Java is a free and independent Java Excel API that empowers developers to create, read, edit, convert and print Excel files without installing Microsoft Office.

1. Installation

Download the Free Spire.XLS for Java API from this link , unzip the package and then add the Spire.Xls.jar to your project as a dependency.

For maven project, you can add the following code to pom.xml file to import Spire.Xls.jar into your project.

<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>2.2.0</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>


2. Create an Excel file

import com.spire.xls.*;

import java.awt.*;

public class CreateExcel {
    public static void main(String[] args){

        //Create a Workbook instance
        Workbook workbook = new Workbook();

        //Get the first worksheet
        Worksheet sheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0);
        //Set name for the first worksheet
        sheet.setName("Data Sheet");

        //Create a CellStyle for header cells
        CellStyle style1 = workbook.getStyles().addStyle("Header Style");
        style1.getFont().setSize(12f);
        style1.getFont().setColor(Color.BLACK);
        style1.getFont().isBold(true);
        style1.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignType.Center);
        style1.setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignType.Center);

        //Create a CellStyle for data cells
        CellStyle style2 = workbook.getStyles().addStyle("Data Style");
        style2.getFont().setSize(10f);
        style2.getFont().setColor(Color.BLACK);

        //Add data and apply style for header cells
        for (int column=1; column<5; column++)
        {
            CellRange header =sheet.getCellRange(1,column);
            header.setValue("Column " + column );
            header.setStyle(style1);
            header.setColumnWidth(15f);
        }

        // Add data and apply style for data cells
        for (int row=2; row<11; row++)
        {
            for (int column=1; column<5; column++)
            {
                CellRange cell = sheet.getCellRange(row, column);
                cell.setValue("Data " + row + ", " + column);
                cell.setStyle(style2);
            }
        }

        //Save the resultant file
        workbook.saveToFile("CreateExcel.xlsx", FileFormat.Version2013);
    }
}

Output:



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