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How to check if a cell is empty

Solution

A cell can contain a value and/or a formula. To check if a cell is empty use the Cell.Value and Cell.Formula properties to look for the following conditions:

XLS Files XLSX and XLSM Files
Language Cell.Value Cell.Formula Cell.Value Cell.Formula
C# null (empty string) (empty string) OR null (empty string)
VB.NET Nothing Nothing (empty string) OR Nothing Nothing
ASP/COM * (empty string) (empty string) (empty string) (empty string)

 

Example

//--- myCell is a Cell object 
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(myCell.Value) && string.IsNullOrEmpty(myCell.Formula))
{
//--- Cell is empty
}