From ff63d69d7871128e648f8e2a94eb6a4d1454a08f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Uladzislau Miranchuk <umiranchuk@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 18:58:27 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: ability to save a formula as a string using the
 cell-based interface

---
 src/lib/GoogleSpreadsheetCell.ts | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/GoogleSpreadsheetCell.ts b/src/lib/GoogleSpreadsheetCell.ts
index 655b1cec..56fcc486 100644
--- a/src/lib/GoogleSpreadsheetCell.ts
+++ b/src/lib/GoogleSpreadsheetCell.ts
@@ -128,10 +128,8 @@ export class GoogleSpreadsheetCell {
     return this.value as string;
   }
   set stringValue(val: string | undefined) {
-    if (val?.startsWith('=')) {
-      throw new Error('Use cell.formula to set formula values');
-    }
-    this.value = val;
+    this._draftData.valueType = 'stringValue';
+    this._draftData.value = val || '';
   }
 
   /**