You are not calling the merge method after your for loop when finalIndex > 0.
Immediately following the for loop you need to add: If (finalIndex > 0) { sendRangeToMergeCells(startIndex, finalIndex, sheet); } -----Original Message----- From: sunnykeerthi [mailto:sunnykeer...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 5:04 AM To: user@poi.apache.org Subject: Unable to understand how to merge Rows in POI Hi, I'm writing a program where I need to merge rows in Excel sheet. Currently, I'm able to merge the starting rows, but when coming to the end, I'm unable to know where it is going wrong. Below is my code. import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFSheet; import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook; import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellRangeAddress; public class RowsMerge { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream( new File("C:\\D\\Sheets\\Sample Sheets\\dummy.xls")); HSSFWorkbook workbook = new HSSFWorkbook(fin); HSSFSheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0); int row = sheet.getPhysicalNumberOfRows(); String currentLawName, currentCountry, currentAssociate, previousLawName, previousCountry, previousAssociate; String currentPages, previousPages; int startIndex = 1, finalIndex = 0, tempNum = 0; System.out.println(row); for (int i = 2; i < (row - 1); i++) { currentAssociate = sheet.getRow(i).getCell(0).toString(); currentLawName = sheet.getRow(i).getCell(1).toString(); currentCountry = sheet.getRow(i).getCell(2).toString(); currentPages = sheet.getRow(i).getCell(3).toString(); previousAssociate = sheet.getRow(i - 1).getCell(0).toString(); previousLawName = sheet.getRow(i - 1).getCell(1).toString(); previousCountry = sheet.getRow(i - 1).getCell(2).toString(); previousPages = sheet.getRow(i - 1).getCell(3).toString(); if (currentAssociate.equals(previousAssociate) && currentCountry.equals(previousCountry) && currentLawName.equals(previousLawName) && currentPages.equals(previousPages)) { finalIndex += 1; } else { sendRangeToMergeCells(startIndex, finalIndex, sheet); startIndex = i; finalIndex = 0; } } FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream("C:\\D\\Sheets\\Sample Sheets\\dummy.xls"); workbook.write(fileOut); fileOut.close(); } private static void sendRangeToMergeCells(int startIndex, int finalIndex, HSSFSheet sheet) { System.out.println(startIndex + "\t" + (startIndex + finalIndex)); CellRangeAddress region = CellRangeAddress .valueOf("D" + (startIndex + 1) + ":D" + ((startIndex + finalIndex) + 1)); sheet.addMergedRegion(region); } } Below is my Excel Sheet SourceExcel: <http://apache-poi.1045710.n5.nabble.com/file/n5723107/ExcelSrc.png> Current O/P: <http://apache-poi.1045710.n5.nabble.com/file/n5723107/currentOP.png> Expected o/p: <http://apache-poi.1045710.n5.nabble.com/file/n5723107/expectedOP.png> please let me know where am I going wrong and how can I fix this. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://apache-poi.1045710.n5.nabble.com/Unable-to-understand-how-to-merge-Rows-in-POI-tp5723107.html Sent from the POI - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@poi.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@poi.apache.org