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Learning Google Apps Script
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Learning Google Apps Script

by Ramalingam Ganapathy
March 2016
Beginner to intermediate
232 pages
4h 29m
English
Packt Publishing
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Using JSDoc annotations

In the preceding test function, you can see that the code hint became active as soon as you type a '.' next to the identifier name (Chapter8). This shows all the functions and global variables available in the external library as shown here:

Using JSDoc annotations

The preceding code hints are generic, for example, index shown as Object. For detailed code hints, you should use the JSDoc style documentations (annotations or comments at top lines of function definitions).

For example, if you used the following annotations to the getPrice function in Chapter 8, Building a Workflow Application:

/** * Returns price list data from the Stock tab/sheet * * ...
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