{"id":15523,"date":"2023-08-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autooffice.co.kr\/blog\/2023\/08\/05\/inserting-a-value-in-google-sheets-using-apps-script\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T18:43:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:43:35","slug":"inserting-a-value-in-google-sheets-using-apps-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autooffice.co.kr\/en\/blog\/2023\/08\/05\/inserting-a-value-in-google-sheets-using-apps-script\/","title":{"rendered":"Inserting a Value in Google Sheets using Apps Script"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is a corrected post after AI explains the code included in the book “Google Apps Script 101: Building Work Automation For Free”<\/a>. Added a strikethrough<\/s> when editing what AI has written, and added color<\/span> when edited by author<\/p>\n

Table of Contents<\/h2>\n
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  1. Summary<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Code<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Code Explanation<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Example<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. AI Prompt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Summary<\/h2>\n

    In this blog post, we will explore how to insert a value into a cell in Google Sheets using Apps Script. We will learn how to use the setValue()<\/code> method to set the value of a cell in a specific sheet.<\/p>\n

    Code<\/h2>\n
    function insertValue() {\n  const SS = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()\n  const sheet = SS.getSheetByName('Sheet1')\n  let cell = sheet.getRange('A1')\n  cell.setValue(1)\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n
    Code Explanation<\/h2>\n
    The code defines a function called insertValue()<\/code>. Inside the function, we first get the active spreadsheet using getActiveSpreadsheet()<\/code> method and assign it to the SS<\/code> variable.<\/p>\n
    We then use the getSheetByName()<\/code> method to retrieve the sheet named ‘Sheet1’ and assign it to the sheet<\/code> variable.<\/p>\n
    Next, we use the getRange()<\/code> method to get the range of cell ‘A1’ in the sheet and assign it to the cell<\/code> variable.<\/p>\n
    Finally, we use the setValue()<\/code> method to set the value of the cell to 1.<\/p>\n
    Example<\/h2>\n
    Let’s say we have a Google Sheet named ‘Data’ and we want to insert the value 42 into cell ‘B5’. We can use the following code:<\/p>\n
    function insertValue() {\n  const SS = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()\n  const sheet = SS.getSheetByName('Data')\n  let cell = sheet.getRange('B5')\n  cell.setValue(42)\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n
    AI Prompt<\/h2>\n
    Write a function that inserts the value 5 into cell ‘C10’ in a Google Sheet named ‘Sheet1’ using Apps Script.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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