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          December 10, 2012 11:24 
        
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    Google Script Spreadsheet function to iterate over all cells and insert the value 0 if the cell is blank
  
        
  
    
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  | function zeroCells() { | |
| var ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet(); | |
| var sheet=ss.getSheets()[0]; | |
| var selection=sheet.getDataRange(); | |
| var columns=selection.getNumColumns(); | |
| var rows=selection.getNumRows(); | |
| for (var column=1; column < columns; column++) { | |
| for (var row=1; row < rows; row++) { | |
| var cell=selection.getCell(row,column); | |
| if (cell.isBlank()) { | |
| cell.setValue(0); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | 
@moxventura is correct, because row and column indexes start at 1.
Thanx man,
Helped me to create a function to validate whether a string is present in sheet or not.
/* Searches for a string in a sheet*/ function searchString(stringToSearch,sheetName) { var sheet=SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName(sheetName); var selection=sheet.getDataRange(); var columns=selection.getNumColumns(); var columnsnames = selection.getColumn() var rows=selection.getNumRows(); for (var column=1; column < columns; column++) { for (var row=1; row < rows; row++) {  var cell=selection.getCell(row,column); if (cell.getValue() == stringToSearch ) { return true; } } } }
  
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You'll miss the last row and last colum due to the <