Sort Excel Data Using Java

Data sorting in Excel is to sort one or more columns of unordered data according to different needs, which helps to display the data in a more organized way and also helps people find the required data faster. This article will demonstrate how to sort data within a cell range using Free Spire.XLS for Java.

Installation
Method 1: Download the free Java library and unzip it, then add the Spire.Xls.jar file to your project as dependency.

Method 2: You can also add the jar dependency to maven project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

<repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>com.e-iceblue</id>
            <name>e-iceblue</name>
            <url>http://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
        </repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
        <artifactId>spire.xls.free</artifactId>
        <version>3.9.1</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Sample Code

import com.spire.xls.*;

public class SortData {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        //Create a Workbook object
        Workbook workbook = new Workbook();

        //Load the sample Excel file
        workbook.loadFromFile("test3.xlsx");

        //Get the first worksheet
        Worksheet sheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0);

        //Specify the column index and the sort mode. The column index starts from 0.
        workbook.getDataSorter().getSortColumns().add(0, SortComparsionType.Values, OrderBy.Ascending);

        //Specify the range to sort
        workbook.getDataSorter().sort(sheet.getCellRange("A1:D10"));

        //Save the document
        workbook.saveToFile("SortData.xlsx", ExcelVersion.Version2013);
    }
}

Results