How to: Access a Cell in a Worksheet

• May 10, 2022
• 3 minutes to read

This example demonstrates several ways to access individual cells.

• By row and column indexes of a cell via the Worksheet.Item property.
• By a cell reference (for example, A1, B2, etc.) or by row and column indexes from the worksheet’s collection of cells. Use the CellCollection.Item property.

• By a column index or column heading from the specified row. Use the Row.Item property.

  By a row index or row heading from the specified column. Use the Column.Item property.

  See the How to: Access a Row or Column example to learn how to get an individual row or column.

• By a cell index from the specified range of cells, or by row and column offsets relative to the cell range. Use the CellRange.Item property. See the How to: Access a Range of Cells document to learn how to access an individual range of cells in a worksheet.

C#

using DevExpress.Spreadsheet;
// ...

IWorkbook workbook = spreadsheetControl1.Document;
Worksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

Cell cellA1 = worksheet[0, 0]; // Cell A1

Cell cellB2 = worksheet.Cells["B2"]; // Cell B2
Cell cellC2 = worksheet.Cells[1, 2]; // Cell C2

Cell cellD3 = worksheet.Cells[2, 3]; // Cell D3
Cell cellE4 = worksheet.Rows[3]["E"]; // Cell E4
Cell cellF4 = worksheet.Rows["4"][5]; // Cell F4

Cell cellG5 = worksheet.Columns[6][4]; // Cell G5
Cell cellH6 = worksheet.Columns["H"][5]; // Cell H6
Cell cellI7 = worksheet.Columns["I"]["7"]; // Cell I7

// Access a cell from the range of cells.
Cell cellB5 = worksheet.Range["B3:D6"][6]; // Cell B5
Cell cellD6 = worksheet.Range["B3:D6"][3, 2]; // Cell D6

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Spreadsheet
' ...

Dim workbook As IWorkbook = spreadsheetControl1.Document
Dim worksheet As Worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)

Dim cellA1 As Cell = worksheet(0, 0) ' Cell A1

Dim cellB2 As Cell = worksheet.Cells("B2") ' Cell B2
Dim cellC2 As Cell = worksheet.Cells(1, 2) ' Cell C2

Dim cellD3 As Cell = worksheet.Cells(2, 3) ' Cell D3
Dim cellE4 As Cell = worksheet.Rows(3)("E") ' Cell E4
Dim cellF4 As Cell = worksheet.Rows("4")(5) ' Cell F4

Dim cellG5 As Cell = worksheet.Columns(6)(4) ' Cell G5
Dim cellH6 As Cell = worksheet.Columns("H")(5) ' Cell H6
Dim cellI7 As Cell = worksheet.Columns("I")("7") ' Cell I7

' Access a cell from the range of cells.
Dim cellB5 As Cell = worksheet.Range("B3:D6")(6) ' Cell B5
Dim cellD6 As Cell = worksheet.Range("B3:D6")(3, 2) ' Cell D6

The following images demonstrate how rows and columns are indexed in a worksheet and in a cell range.

Row and Column Indexes and Headings in Worksheet	Cell, Row and Column Indexes in a Cell Range

Note

Use the CellCollection.Item property to access an individual cell by a string reference. To access a range by a string reference or a defined name, use the Worksheet.Item, Worksheet.Range or IWorkbook.Range property.