Using built-in spreadsheet functions in a script

Question

I\'m using Google App Script for the first time. I\'m using it on a Google Doc spreadsheet.

I\'m trying very simple functions, just to learn the basics. For example

Answer 1

Google Apps Script is a subset of JavaScript, spreadsheet functions are currently not supported. For example, if you want to create a function that returns today's date you should write :

function test_today(){
return new Date()
}// note that this will  eventually return a value in milliseconds , you'll have to set the cell format to 'date' or 'time' or both ;-)

syntax is the same as with sheet functions : =test_today() see tutorial

There are many internet ressources on javascript, one of the most useful I found is w3school