UG documentation 994785: FAQ for check if a worksheet is empty in Excel using XlsIO - HotFix

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+---
+title: Check if a worksheet is empty in Excel | Syncfusion
+description: Code example to check if a worksheet is empty in Excel using Syncfusion .NET Excel library (XlsIO).
+platform: document-processing
+control: XlsIO
+documentation: UG
+---
+
+# How to check if a worksheet is empty in Excel?
+
+The following code examples demonstrate how to check whether a worksheet is empty in Excel 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/Worksheet/.NET/CheckIfWorksheetIsEmpty/CheckIfWorksheetIsEmpty/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;
+    for (int i = 0; i < workbook.Worksheets.Count; i++)
+    {
+        // Access the worksheet 
+        worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[i];
+
+        // Check if worksheet is empty
+        if (worksheet.UsedCells.Length == 0)
+            Console.WriteLine("The worksheet with name \""+ worksheet.Name + "\" is empty");
+    }
+}
+{% 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;
+    for (int i = 0; i < workbook.Worksheets.Count; i++)
+    {
+        // Access the worksheet 
+        worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[i];
+
+        // Check if worksheet is empty
+        if (worksheet.UsedCells.Length == 0)
+            Console.WriteLine("The worksheet with name \""+ worksheet.Name + "\" is empty");
+    }
+}
+{% 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
+
+    For i As Integer = 0 To workbook.Worksheets.Count - 1
+        ' Access the worksheet 
+        worksheet = workbook.Worksheets(i)
+
+        ' Check if worksheet is empty
+        If worksheet.UsedCells.Length = 0 Then
+            Console.WriteLine("The worksheet with name """ & worksheet.Name & """ is empty")
+        End If
+    Next
+End Using
+{% endhighlight %}
+{% endtabs %}       
+
+A complete working example in C# is present on <a href="https://github.com/SyncfusionExamples/XlsIO-Examples/tree/master/FAQ/Worksheet/.NET/CheckIfWorksheetIsEmpty">this GitHub page</a>.