Merge pull request #1984 from syncfusion-content/991263-FirstUsedCellUG

991263-FAQ for how to retrieve the first cell in the used range in an Excel worksheet

Author: Mohan2401

Document-Processing/Excel/Excel-Library/NET/faqs/how-to-retrieve-the-first-cell-in-the-used-range-in-Excel.md

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+title: Retrieve the first cell in the used range in Excel | Syncfusion
+description: Code example to retrieve the first cell in the used range in an Excel worksheet using Syncfusion .NET Excel library (XlsIO).
+platform: document-processing
+control: XlsIO
+documentation: UG
+---
+
+# How to retrieve the first cell in the used range in Excel?
+
+The following code examples demonstrate retrieving the first cell in the used range of an Excel worksheet using C# (Cross-platform and Windows-specific) and VB.NET.
+
+{% tabs %}   
+{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" playgroundButtonLink="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SyncfusionExamples/XlsIO-Examples/master/FAQ/First%20used%20cell%20in%20used%20range/.NET/FirstUsedCellInUsedRange/FirstUsedCellInUsedRange/Program.cs,180" %}
+using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
+{
+    IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
+    application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Xlsx;
+    IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Input.xlsx"));
+    IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
+
+    //Get the used range of the worksheet
+    IRange usedRange = worksheet.UsedRange;
+
+    //Get the first cell from the used range
+    IRange firstCell = worksheet.Range[usedRange.Row, usedRange.Column];
+
+    //Get the address of the first cell
+    string firstCellAddress = firstCell.AddressLocal;
+
+    //Display the address of the first cell
+    Console.WriteLine("The address of the first used cell in used range is: " + firstCellAddress);
+
+    //Save the workbook
+    workbook.SaveAs(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Output.xlsx"));
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %} 
+using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
+{
+    IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
+    application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Xlsx;
+    IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open("Input.xlsx");
+    IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
+
+    //Get the used range of the worksheet
+    IRange usedRange = worksheet.UsedRange;
+
+    //Get the first cell from the used range
+    IRange firstCell = worksheet.Range[usedRange.Row, usedRange.Column];
+
+    //Get the address of the first cell
+    string firstCellAddress = firstCell.AddressLocal;
+
+    //Display the address of the first cell
+    Console.WriteLine("The address of the first used cell in used range is: " + firstCellAddress);
+
+    //Save the workbook
+    workbook.SaveAs("Output.xlsx");
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %}
+Using excelEngine As New ExcelEngine()
+    Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
+    application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Xlsx
+    Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Open("Input.xlsx")
+    Dim worksheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
+
+    'Get the used range of the worksheet
+    Dim usedRange As IRange = worksheet.UsedRange
+
+    'Get the first cell from the used range
+    Dim firstCell As IRange = worksheet.Range(usedRange.Row, usedRange.Column)
+
+    'Get the address of the first cell
+    Dim firstCellAddress As String = firstCell.AddressLocal
+
+    'Display the address of the first cell
+    Console.WriteLine("The address of the first used cell in used range is: " & firstCellAddress)
+
+    'Save the workbook
+    workbook.SaveAs("Output.xlsx")
+End Using
+{% endhighlight %}
+{% endtabs %}       
+
+A complete working example in C# is present on <a href="https://github.com/SyncfusionExamples/XlsIO-Examples/tree/master/FAQ/First%20used%20cell%20in%20used%20range/.NET/FirstUsedCellInUsedRange">this GitHub page</a>.