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Custom google sheets apps script function to reduce value to N significant digits
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/** | |
* @param {A1} value The value which should be reduced to n significant digits. E.g. 668951.12345 | |
* @param {3} nDigits Number of significant digits in cell. Default 3. | |
* @return The value of a cell with N significant digits. E.g. 669000 | |
* @customfunction | |
*/ | |
function sigDigits(value, nDigits) { | |
var value = value || 668951.12345 | |
var nDigits = nDigits || 3 | |
valueRounded = +value.toFixed(0) | |
lengthRounded = String(valueRounded).length | |
// Logger.log("Rounded value: "+ valueRounded) | |
var multiplier = 10**(lengthRounded - nDigits) | |
// Logger.log("Multiplier for nDigits: "+ multiplier) | |
value = valueRounded / multiplier | |
value = +value.toFixed(0) | |
value = value * multiplier | |
// Logger.log("Result value: "+ value) | |
return value | |
} |
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