setComment used to be a method for Class Range, it was replaced by setNote; it's only available for Google Sheets

edited Sep 6, 2020 at 23:55

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edited May 12, 2016 at 0:35

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google apps script: determening Determine current user in Apps Script

asked Sep 6, 2012 at 13:04

google apps script: determening current user

I'm trying to identify current user's name to make notes of who edited what like this:

 r.setComment("Edit at " + (new Date()) + " by " + Session.getActiveUser().getEmail());

but it won't work - user's name is an empty string. Where did I go wrong?