在 Google 表格中使用 Google Apps 脚本时如何防止日期变成字符串？

Question

I have used a Script posted here in a large Google Spreadsheet, to replace a String with a Number.

It works great, but the problem is, the date gets turned into a String .

I believe that the problem is the method toString() , but I couldn't find any alternative to make the code work.

=> Does anyone have an idea to avoid this problem?

Script

 function runReplaceInSheet(){ var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Sheet3"); // get the current data range values as an array // Fewer calls to access the sheet -> lower overhead var values = sheet.getDataRange().getValues(); // Replace replaceInSheet(values, 'datateam', '42007860'); // Write all updated values to the sheet, at once sheet.getDataRange().setValues(values); } function replaceInSheet(values, to_replace, replace_with) { //loop over the rows in the array for(var row in values){ //use Array.map to execute a replace call on each of the cells in the row. var replaced_values = values[row].map(function(original_value) { return original_value.toString().replace(to_replace,replace_with); }); //replace the original row values with the replaced values values[row] = replaced_values; } }

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Answer 1

• You want to replace values of Spreadsheet.
  • In your script, you want to replace from datateam to 42007860 .
• You want to achieve this using Google Apps Script.

If my understanding is correct, how about this answer? Please think of this as just one of several answers.

Pattern 1:

In this pattern, getDisplayValues() is used instead of getValues() .

Modified script

Please modify your script as follows. In this modification, the function of runReplaceInSheet() is modified.

function runReplaceInSheet(){
  var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Sheet3");
  //  get the current data range values as an array
  //  Fewer calls to access the sheet -> lower overhead 
  var values = sheet.getDataRange().getDisplayValues(); // Modified

  // Replace  
  replaceInSheet(values, 'datateam', '42007860');


  // Write all updated values to the sheet, at once
  sheet.getDataRange().setValues(values);
}

Pattern 2:

In this pattern, TextFinder is used instead of replaceInSheet() and setValues() .

Modified script

Please modify your script as follows. In this modification, the function of runReplaceInSheet() is modified. And also, in this modification, replaceInSheet is not used.

function runReplaceInSheet(){
  var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Sheet3");
  sheet.createTextFinder('datateam').replaceAllWith('42007860'); // Added
}

References:

• getDisplayValues()
• Class TextFinder

If I misunderstood your question and this was not the direction you want, I apologize.

Answer 2

I would check the template, your actual XLS file. Set the type of the cells before entering the data. I assume this might be your problem not your actual code. This is in the Home tab.