# How to read or write to individual cells in excel using node red

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**Category:** General\
**Tags:** node-red-contrib-excel\
**Created:** [26 June 2023 05:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-read-or-write-to-individual-cells-in-excel-using-node-red/79412 "2023-06-26T05:17:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![user2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a3d4f5/32.png) [@user2002](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/user2002)\
**Post date:** [26 June 2023 05:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-read-or-write-to-individual-cells-in-excel-using-node-red/79412/1 "2023-06-26T05:17:22Z")

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I want to read or write to a particular cell of a specific sheet of an excel file using an excel node in node-red. Please give the flow for this and/or java script code.

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**Author:** ![edje11](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/edje11/32/572_2.png) [@edje11](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/edje11)\
**Post date:** [26 June 2023 18:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-read-or-write-to-individual-cells-in-excel-using-node-red/79412/2 "2023-06-26T18:20:00Z")

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Hi, example of [this](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-excelsheets) node should be clear enough to do what you want to do.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [25 August 2023 18:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-read-or-write-to-individual-cells-in-excel-using-node-red/79412/3 "2023-08-25T18:20:29Z")

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