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/*
 * The MIT License
 *
 * Copyright 2014 Admin.
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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 * THE SOFTWARE.
 */

package testpoi;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.util.Iterator;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFSheet;
import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;

/* Read rows randomly from an excel file containing strings and numeric values */

/**
 *
 * @author Admin
 */
public class ReadExcelRowsRandomly {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        try {

            FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream(new File(
                    "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Admin\\My Documents\\NetBeansProjects\\TestPOI\\Docs\\1.xlsx"));

            //Get the workbook instance for XLS file 
            XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(file);

            //Get first sheet from the workbook
            XSSFSheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);

            double random = Math.random();
            int rowNum = (int) (random * sheet.getPhysicalNumberOfRows());

            Row row = sheet.getRow(rowNum);

            Iterator<Cell> cellIterator = row.cellIterator();

            while (cellIterator.hasNext()) {
                Cell cell = cellIterator.next();
                if (cell.getCellType() == Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC) {
                    double cellValue = cell.getNumericCellValue();
                    System.out.print(cellValue + "\t");
                } else if (cell.getCellType() == Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING) {
                    String cellValue = cell.getStringCellValue();
                    System.out.print(cellValue + "\t");
                }
            }
            System.out.println();

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}