Question

Im reading data from a speadsheet and moving into a notepad csv file, in c# and then back to a speadsheet. However in the spreadsheet some cell are empty (by empty i mean have a value of = ” “, just spaces and the number of spaces can vary). In the move over to notepad and back to spreadsheet these values can be lost. Is there a way to differentiate these cells so i can put quote marks around then so the cell is still present?

I have figured out that most of this empty cells have file types data_string or bool, this code works for all data_string

if (fileType == "data_string")
{
    string see = cell.getFormula().ToString();
    sw.Write("'" + see + "' ");
}
else
{

    string see = cell.getFormula().ToString();
    sw.Write(see + " ");
}

However i dont want all bool data to be in quote marks just the ones that are empty.so, so far i have

if (fileType == "bool")
{

    if (cell.getFormula().Empty)
    {
        sw.Write("'" + cell.getFormula().ToString() + "' ");
    }
}

However this doesnt work as really the cell is not empty, is there another way round this?

Answer 1

then ignore the fact that they are bool and just check whether the field is empty like:

 if ( cell.getFormula().StartsWith(" "))
                    {
                        {
                            for (int i = 0; i < cell.getFormula().Length; i++)
                            {
                                if (cell.getFormula()[i] == ' ')
                                {

                                    emptyBool.Add(" ");

                                }
                            }
                            string emptyBoolString = string.Join(" ", emptyBool.ToArray());