Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /********************************************************************* * * Copyright (C) 2002 Andrew Khan * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA ***************************************************************************/ public class Main { /** * The character which indicates the sheet name terminator */ private static final char sheetInd = '!'; /** * Gets the sheet name from the cell reference string * * @param ref * @return the sheet reference */ public static String getSheet(String ref) { int sheetPos = ref.lastIndexOf(sheetInd); if (sheetPos == -1) { return ""; } return ref.substring(0, sheetPos); } }