How to Trim Cell Range

The IronXL library allow to removes all empty rows and columns on the range borders in C# code without using Office Interop. This feature allows for efficient data processing and manipulation without the overhead of interacting with the Office suite.

How to Trim Cell Range in Excel

Download C# library to trim cell range
Open existing or create new Excel spreadsheet
Select a range, row, or column to be trimmed
Use Trim method on the selected range, row, or column
Check the return Range of the trim method

Trim Cell Range Example

Select the desired Range of cells and apply Trim method on it. This method trims leading and trailing empty cells from the selected range.

Tips

The Trim method does not remove empty cells located in the middle of rows and columns within the range. To address this, you can apply sorting to push those empty cells to either top or bottom of the range.

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using IronXL;

WorkBook workBook = WorkBook.Create(ExcelFileFormat.XLSX);
WorkSheet workSheet = workBook.DefaultWorkSheet;

workSheet["A2"].Value = "A2";
workSheet["A3"].Value = "A3";

workSheet["B1"].Value = "B1";
workSheet["B2"].Value = "B2";
workSheet["B3"].Value = "B3";
workSheet["B4"].Value = "B4";

// Retrieve column
RangeColumn column = workSheet.GetColumn(0);

// Apply trimming
Range trimmedColumn = workSheet.GetColumn(0).Trim();

Imports IronXL

Private workBook As WorkBook = WorkBook.Create(ExcelFileFormat.XLSX)
Private workSheet As WorkSheet = workBook.DefaultWorkSheet

Private workSheet("A2").Value = "A2"
Private workSheet("A3").Value = "A3"

Private workSheet("B1").Value = "B1"
Private workSheet("B2").Value = "B2"
Private workSheet("B3").Value = "B3"
Private workSheet("B4").Value = "B4"

' Retrieve column
Private column As RangeColumn = workSheet.GetColumn(0)

' Apply trimming
Private trimmedColumn As Range = workSheet.GetColumn(0).Trim()

VB C#

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How to Trim Cell Range