AbstractTextLoadOptions.ConvertNumericData

AbstractTextLoadOptions.ConvertNumericData property

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the string in text file is converted to numeric data. Default value is true.

public bool ConvertNumericData { get; set; }

Examples

using System;
using System.Text;
using Aspose.Cells;

namespace AsposeCellsExamples
{
    public class AbstractTextLoadOptionsPropertyConvertNumericDataDemo
    {
        public static void Run()
        {
            // Create sample CSV data with numeric and string values
            string csvData = "ID,Name,Price,Quantity\n" +
                            "1,Product A,19.99,5\n" +
                            "2,Product B,\"24.50\",\"10\"\n" +
                            "3,Product C,15.75,\"N/A\"";

            // Create TxtLoadOptions with ConvertNumericData set to true
            TxtLoadOptions options = new TxtLoadOptions(LoadFormat.Csv)
            {
                ConvertNumericData = true,
                ConvertDateTimeData = true
            };

            // Load the CSV data into a workbook
            Workbook workbook = new Workbook(new System.IO.MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(csvData)), options);
            Worksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

            // Demonstrate numeric conversion
            Console.WriteLine("Cell B2 (Product A Price) value type: " + worksheet.Cells["B2"].Value.GetType());
            Console.WriteLine("Cell B2 value: " + worksheet.Cells["B2"].Value);

            // Demonstrate string values that couldn't be converted
            Console.WriteLine("\nCell D4 (N/A) value type: " + worksheet.Cells["D4"].Value.GetType());
            Console.WriteLine("Cell D4 value: " + worksheet.Cells["D4"].Value);

            // Show how quoted numbers are still converted when ConvertNumericData is true
            Console.WriteLine("\nCell C3 (Quoted \"24.50\") value type: " + worksheet.Cells["C3"].Value.GetType());
            Console.WriteLine("Cell C3 value: " + worksheet.Cells["C3"].Value);
        }
    }
}

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