setFormulas won't skip empty array elements, over-writes values

Question

Consider the code below: it sets values then sets functions across a range, however it overwrites the values that were set.

function test() {
  var ss = Spre         


        

Answer 1

I think the problem can be largely mitigated by the fact that setValues() can be used to set formulae.

  var range = ss.getRange("A1:B2");
  var values = range.getValues();

  // process the array, eg values[0][0] = "=42";

  range.setValues();