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# SpreadsheetGetCellValue

Gets the value for a for an Excel spreadsheet object cell.

## Method Signature

```
SpreadsheetGetCellValue(spreadsheetObj=[any], row=[any], column=[any])
```

### Arguments

| Argument         | Type      | Required | Description                  | Default |
| ---------------- | --------- | -------- | ---------------------------- | ------- |
| `spreadsheetObj` | `ANY`     | `true`   | The spreadsheet object.      |         |
| `row`            | `NUMERIC` | `true`   | The row number (1-based).    |         |
| `column`         | `NUMERIC` | `true`   | The column number (1-based). |         |

## Examples

Get a single cell value:

```js
// Read a cell value
var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetRead( "/path/to/file.xlsx" );
var cellValue = SpreadsheetGetCellValue( spreadsheet, 1, 1 );
println( "Cell A1 contains: " & cellValue );
```

Extract data with type checking:

```js
// Get cell values and check types
var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetNew();
SpreadsheetAddRow( spreadsheet, [ "Name", "Age", "Active" ] );
SpreadsheetAddRow( spreadsheet, [ "John", 30, true ] );

var name = SpreadsheetGetCellValue( spreadsheet, 2, 1 );
var age = SpreadsheetGetCellValue( spreadsheet, 2, 2 );
var active = SpreadsheetGetCellValue( spreadsheet, 2, 3 );

println( "Name: " & name & " (Type: " & typeof(name) & ")" );
```

Build arrays from cell values:

```js
// Extract entire row as array
var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetRead( "/path/to/file.xlsx" );
var rowData = [];
var colCount = SpreadsheetGetColumnCount( spreadsheet );

for ( var col = 1; col <= colCount; col++ ) {
    rowData.append( SpreadsheetGetCellValue( spreadsheet, 1, col ) );
}

println( "Row data: " & rowData );
```

## Related

* [SpreadsheetSetCellValue()](/boxlang-+-++/modules/bx-spreadsheet/built-in-functions/spreadsheetsetcellvalue.md) - Set cell values
* [SpreadsheetClearCell()](/boxlang-+-++/modules/bx-spreadsheet/built-in-functions/spreadsheetclearcell.md) - Clear cell contents
* [SpreadsheetGetCellType()](/boxlang-+-++/modules/bx-spreadsheet/built-in-functions/spreadsheetgetcelltype.md) - Get cell data type
* [SpreadsheetGetCellFormat()](/boxlang-+-++/modules/bx-spreadsheet/built-in-functions/spreadsheetgetcellformat.md) - Get cell formatting
* [Cell Operations Guide](https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/boxlang-docs/tree/v1.x/boxlang-framework/boxlang-plus/modules/bx-spreadsheet/cell-operations.md) - Working with cells


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