I am using ExcelDataReader to read data from my Excel workbook in C#.
But structure of my Excel sheet is such that data to be read can start from any particular cell and
public static DataTable ConvertExcelToDataTable(string filePath, bool isXlsx = false)
{
System.Text.Encoding.RegisterProvider(System.Text.CodePagesEncodingProvider.Instance);
//open file and returns as Stream
using (var stream = File.Open(filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
using (var reader = ExcelReaderFactory.CreateReader(stream))
{
var conf = new ExcelDataSetConfiguration
{
ConfigureDataTable = _ => new ExcelDataTableConfiguration
{
UseHeaderRow = true
}
};
var dataSet = reader.AsDataSet(conf);
// Now you can get data from each sheet by its index or its "name"
var dataTable = dataSet.Tables[0];
Console.WriteLine("Total no of rows " + dataTable.Rows.Count);
Console.WriteLine("Total no of Columns " + dataTable.Columns.Count);
return dataTable;
}
}
}