These functions can be used to retrieve values from an Excel file using the Java POI library.
function getNumericValue(sheet,row, col) { Row = sheet.getRow(row); if (Row != null) { Cell = Row.getCell(col); if (Cell != null) { return(Cell.getNumericCellValue()); } } return ""; } function getStringValue(sheet,row, col) { Row = sheet.getRow(row); Cell = Row.getCell(col); if (Cell != null) { if (Cell.getCellType() == Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING) { return Cell.getStringCellValue(); } } return ""; } function getDateValue(sheet,row, col) { Row = sheet.getRow(row); Cell = Row.getCell(col); if (Cell != null) { if ((Cell.getCellType() == Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC) || (Cell.getCellType() == Cell.CELL_TYPE_FORMULA)) { return Cell.getDateCellValue(); } } return ""; } /* taken vom http://trephine.org/t/index.php? title=Extracting_Excel_data_with_Apache_POI_and_Rhino */ function cellValue(sheet, CellRow, CellCol) { row = sheet.getRow(CellRow); if (row != null) { cell = row.getCell(CellCol); if (cell != null) { var t = cell.cellType; if (t == Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC) { if (DateUtil.isCellDateFormatted(cell)) return new Date(cell.dateCellValue.time); else return cell.numericCellValue + 0.0; } if (t == Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING) return cell.stringCellValue + ''; if (t == Cell.CELL_TYPE_FORMULA) { try { if (DateUtil.isCellDateFormatted(cell)) return new Date(cell.dateCellValue.time); else return cell.numericCellValue + 0.0; } catch(err) { } try { return cell.stringCellValue + ''; } catch(err) { } try { return cell.numericCellValue + 0.0; } catch(err) { } try { return !!cell.booleanCellValue; } catch(err) { } try { return cell.errorCellValue + 0; } catch(err) { } return ''; } if (t == Cell.CELL_TYPE_BLANK) return ''; if (t == Cell.CELL_TYPE_BOOLEAN) return !!cell.booleanCellValue; if (t == Cell.CELL_TYPE_ERROR) return cell.errorCellValue + 0; } } return null; } function isCellEmpty(sheet,row, col) { Row = sheet.getRow(row); if (Row != null) { Cell = Row.getCell(col); if (Cell != null) { if (Cell.getCellType() != Cell.CELL_TYPE_BLANK) { return false; } } } return true; }