get and set Value of a Cell do not work

Question

I have trouble with getting a Value from a Cell in my Spreadsheet. I found the getCell()-method in the documentation but it does not work. It always just gets \"Range\" inst

Answer 1

both getRange() and getCell() return a Range object. You need to get call getValue() or getValues() on a range to get the data out. In this case as your first getRange("B1") is only referencing a single cell, you don't need the getCell(1,1)

lastPlusOnes = ss.getRange("B1").getValue();

https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/spreadsheet/range#getValue()

for setting the same applies. a single value in a single cell would be:

Range.setValue( number | string )

or if you have a a bunch of rows and columns then first select the appropriate sized range and then use setValues([][])

Answer 2

getCell() returns a Range object.. you need to add the .getValue() method to get the value of the cell in the range.

https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/spreadsheet/range#getValue()