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SearchOptions.SearchBy Property

Gets or sets the direction of the search.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

#Declaration

public SearchBy SearchBy { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Description
SearchBy

One of the SearchBy enumeration values indicating whether to search by rows or by columns.

Available values:

Name Description
Rows

Searches each row from left to right. All the cells in the current row will be traversed from left to right before moving to the next row.

Columns

Searches each column from top to bottom. All the cells in the current column will be traversed before moving to the next column.

#Remarks

For more information about how to perform a search in the document, see Find and Replace.

#Example

The example below demonstrates how to perform a search with the specified options in the active worksheet and highlight all matching cells.

View Example

workbook.LoadDocument("Documents\ExpenseReport.xlsx")
workbook.Calculate()
Dim worksheet As Worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)

' Specify the search term.
Dim searchString As String = Date.Today.ToString("d")

' Specify search options.
Dim options As New SearchOptions()
options.SearchBy = SearchBy.Columns
options.SearchIn = SearchIn.Values
options.MatchEntireCellContents = True

' Find all cells containing today's date and paint them light-green.
Dim searchResult As IEnumerable(Of Cell) = worksheet.Search(searchString, options)
For Each cell As Cell In searchResult
    cell.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightGreen
Next cell

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