Understanding Variables in Apps Script
This post is a corrected post after AI explains the code included in the book “Google Apps Script 101: Building Work Automation For Free”. Added a strikethrough when editing what AI has written, and added color when edited by author
Summary
In this blog post, we will explore the concept of variables in Apps Script. We will discuss how to declare and assign values to variables, and how their values can be changed throughout the script.
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Code
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function variables(){ var value = 1 Logger.log(value) var value = 2 Logger.log(value) Logger.log(value) } |
Code Explanation
In the given code, we have a function named “variables” that contains three lines of code.
(It’s actually 5 lines of code, but the AI seems to recognize them as 3 blocks.)
- First, we declare a variable named “value” and assign it a value of 1.
- Then, we declare another variable with the same name “value” and assign it a value of 2. This reassignment does not cause an error and the variable’s value is updated.
- Finally, we log the value of the variable to the logger. Here, the value will be 2, as it was reassigned in the previous line.
Example
Let’s run the “variables” function and see the output in the logger:
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variables() |
AI Prompt
Write Apps Script function that declares a variable “value” and assigns it a value of 1. Then, reassign the variable with the same name “value” and assign it a value of 2. Finally, log the value of the variable to the logger.
