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Learning Google Apps Script

You're reading from   Learning Google Apps Script Customize and automate Google Applications using Apps Script

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785882517
Length 232 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ramalingam Ganapathy Ramalingam Ganapathy
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introducing Google Apps Scripts 2. Creating Basic Elements FREE CHAPTER 3. Parsing and Sending E-mails 4. Creating Interactive Forms 5. Creating Google Calendar and Drive Applications 6. Creating Feed Reader and Translator Applications 7. Creating Interactive Webpages 8. Building a Workflow Application 9. More Tips and Tricks and Creating an Add-on Index

Accessing Sheet, cell, range, and offset

A Google Sheet's spreadsheet has one or more Sheets or tabs in it. Sheets are indexed from left to right starting from 0. For example, the left-most Sheet is referred to by the index 0, the next one by 1, and so on. In GAS, we can refer to a Sheet by its index or by its name.

For example:

  • The getSheets() method returns an array of Sheet objects. From the array, we can refer to an individual Sheet by its index.
  • The getSheetByName("Contacts") function returns a Sheet object with the name Contacts.

In Google Sheets, column label starts from the letter A, and is counted in a programmatic point of view, from left to right starting with the number 1. For example, column A is 1, B is 2, and so on. Rows are identified by their respective label numbers. In GAS, we can reference a cell or a range of cells by A1 notation or by separate row and column numbers.

For example:

  • The getRange('D1:F10') method returns a Range object referencing the...
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