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# excel:set — Set cell value

EXCEL:SET sets the cell value at the current position of the cell cursor or at given coordinates.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| coords | string | (current cell) | Cell coordinates |
| format | string | (preserve existing format) | Format |
| type | type | auto | Data type |

#### Possible values
Possible values for `type`:
- auto — Automatic recognition
- text — Text
- numeric — Numeric
- date — Date
- bool — Boolean
- null — NULL


### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- excel:workbook

### Result
- (none documented)