Question

I’m using C# to read an excel sheet and use the following code to read the values:

range = xlWorkSheet.UsedRange;
object value = (range.Cells[rCnt, cCnt] as Excel.Range).get_Value(Type.Missing);

In case an integer number appears there (for example 2), then it shows me as float: 2.0

How could I know if it’s an float or integer there?

More than that, how could I know if a string is stored in the cell, or integer or float?

Thanks
Moti

Answer 1

I am not sure is Excel makes difference between integers and floats — you can enter 1 to cell and then move decimal point making it look like 1.00.
To figure out whether it is integer or not you may try the following:

var r;
if (Int32.TryParse(value, out r))
{
    // r now stores int value
}

float.TryParse() is also there 🙂