Daniel, Thanks for the clarification. Is there any way to take care of non-string value when the "number is formatted as string", ie. preserving leading zeros, and avoiding addition of decimal digits.
Thanks, Deepak -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Noll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 11:08 PM To: POI Users List Subject: Re: HSSFCell returns numeric value instead of Strings (for numeric strings) Srivastava, Deepak wrote: > When I read the spreadsheet(cell format as text), it has numbers with like: > 100, 10000, 0.967, etc. When I read them using POI, I get 100.0, 10000.0, > 0.97, etc. > > 1. In Excel, I formatted all cells as String for the required columns. > 2. In the code it looks like this: <cut> > Please advise. I hope this is a well known problem and solutions already > exists for these. > (A possible work around, or a fix available in new version or so). It's a misunderstanding. Merely formatting a number as a string does not make it a string. To actually write a number as a string in Excel, you would prefix it with a single quote (') character. Daniel -- Daniel Noll Nuix Pty Ltd Suite 79, 89 Jones St, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia Ph: +61 2 9280 0699 Web: http://nuix.com/ Fax: +61 2 9212 6902 This message is intended only for the named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this message or attachment is strictly prohibited. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi The Apache Jakarta Poi Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailing List: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail2.html#poi The Apache Jakarta Poi Project: http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/
