How do I get an Excel cell name in vb.net? - vb.net

Question

I need the name of the first empty cell in a column, for example "E15" or "A3"
I've tried using worksheet.Cells.Name and worksheet.Rows.Name but I don't
think that is the correct syntax... please help!
Here's my code
Dim xlApp As Excel.Application
Dim xlWorkBook As Excel.Workbook
Dim xlWorkSheet As Excel.Worksheet
Dim misValue As Object = System.Reflection.Missing.Value
xlApp = New Excel.Application
xlWorkBook = xlApp.Workbooks.Add(eXe)
xlWorkSheet = xlWorkBook.Sheets("sheet1")
Dim eColumn As Excel.Range = xlWorkSheet.Range("E2:E15")
Dim rCell As Excel.Range
For Each rCell In eColumn
If rCell Is Nothing Then
Dim LastCell As String = xlWorkSheet.Rows.Name
MsgBox(LastCell)
End If
MsgBox(rCell.Value)
Next rCell
(update)
I used the following code and got $E$15, is there a way to get the address with out the "$" symbol?
For Each rCell In eColumn
If rCell.Value = "" Then
Dim LastCell As String = rCell.Cells.Address
MsgBox(LastCell)
End If
MsgBox(rCell.Value)
Next rCell

Answer 1

To get the name of the coloumn use:
Dim columnLetter As String = ColumnIndexToColumnLetter(85) ' returns CG
Private Function ColumnIndexToColumnLetter(colIndex As Integer) As String
Dim div As Integer = colIndex
Dim colLetter As String = String.Empty
Dim modnum As Integer = 0
While div > 0
modnum = (div - 1) Mod 26
colLetter = Chr(65 + modnum) & colLetter
div = CInt((div - modnum) \ 26)
End While
Return colLetter
End Function
Thing that you already know how to get the row number you are looking for. Then just use
dim CellName as String = columnLetter & rownum ' the row number you need
This should omit any $ signs you don't want
The example is being taken from here
Regards,
Iakov