excelGetCell
- Radu Dumitriu (Deactivated)
- Jonathan Muse
Owned by Radu Dumitriu (Deactivated)
Description
Gets the string value from the specified cell.
Parameters
Return Type
String
Example
Get the values from cells in a workbook.
use "excel";
int fid = openWorkbook("snakes.xlsx");
string name = getCell(fid, "Venemous Snakes", "A2");
string species = getCell(fid, "Venemous Snakes", 1, 1);
runnerLog(name + " - " + species);
closeWorkbook(fid);Result: Mainland Tigersnake - Notechis Scutatus. Note that the row index used to get the species name is 1 even though the cell address would be B2. This is because the cell index starts at 0.
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