Question

I’m a mildly experienced programmer … I have an OK understanding of OOP concepts, I’ve been using PHP and MySQL lately. I’ve started to dabble with Google API Scripts. I’m trying to write a very simple program to read cell 1,1 in a google spreadsheet. The API is NOT embedded in the google spreadsheet, I need it to run outside of the SS.

Here is the code in question:

function email() {

// Opens SS by its ID

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById("0AgJjDgtUl5KddE5rR01NSFcxYTRnUHBCQ0stTXNMenc");

// Get the name of this SS

var name = ss.getName();

Read cell 1,1 * Line below doesn’t work *

var data = Range.getCell(0, 0);

I understand that getCell() is a method within the Range class. From what I can see in the resources, it looks like Range is the top / parent / super class. Looking at the bold code above, I believe I have created a Range object and trying to call a method from that object. What am I doing wrong here??

Thanks for looking!

Answer 1

You have to first obtain the Range object. Also, getCell() will not return the value of the cell but instead will return a Range object of the cell. So, use something on the lines of

function email() {

// Opens SS by its ID

var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById("0AgJjDgtUl5KddE5rR01NSFcxYTRnUHBCQ0stTXNMenc");

// Get the name of this SS

var name = ss.getName();  // Not necessary 

// Read cell 1,1 * Line below does't work *

// var data = Range.getCell(0, 0);
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1'); // or whatever is the name of the sheet 
var range = sheet.getRange(1,1); 
var data = range.getValue();

}

The hierarchy is
Spreadsheet –> Sheet –> Range –> Cell.