How to automate and use Libre Office Basic for IOT and many other applications (Spread sheets)

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REM Note  NB ****  This works only with  Libre Calc  IF you want TO  expand this TO  Microsoft Office THEN  you will have TO change  code TO VBA  ***
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SUB PrintArrayForC
 DIM oSheet AS Object
    DIM oRange AS Object
    DIM oCell AS Object

    ' Access the first sheet (Sheet1)
    oSheet = ThisComponent.Sheets(0)

    ' Access the merged cell range (B26:J27)
    oRange = oSheet.getCellRangeByName("B26:J27")

    ' Access the first cell in the merged range
    oCell = oRange.getCellByPosition(0, 0) ' The first cell of the merged range (B26)

    ' Update the value in the first cell of the merged range
    oCell.STRING =  CreateCharArrayFromColumn()
END SUB


SUB ClearData
DIM oSheet AS Object
    DIM oRange AS Object
    DIM oCell AS Object

    ' Access the first sheet (Sheet1)
    oSheet = ThisComponent.Sheets(0)

    ' Access the merged cell range (B26:J27)
    oRange = oSheet.getCellRangeByName("B26:J27")

    ' Access the first cell in the merged range
    oCell = oRange.getCellByPosition(0, 0) ' The first cell of the merged range (B26)

    ' Update the value in the first cell of the merged range
    oCell.STRING = ""

END SUB



FUNCTION CreateCharArrayFromColumn() AS STRING
    DIM oSheet AS Object
    DIM oCell AS Object
    DIM i AS INTEGER
    DIM startRow AS INTEGER
    DIM endRow AS INTEGER
    DIM resultString AS STRING
    DIM value AS STRING

    ' Access the first sheet (Sheet1)
    oSheet = ThisComponent.Sheets(0)

    ' Define the start and end rows (J7 to J16 means row 6 to row 15 in 0-indexed)
    startRow = 6  ' J7
    endRow = 15   ' J16

    ' Initialize the result string with the initial text
    resultString = "unsigned char m_array [10] = { "

    ' Loop through the cells in column J (index 9) from J7 to J16
    FOR i = startRow TO endRow
        ' Access the current cell in column J
        oCell = oSheet.getCellByPosition(9, i)

        ' Get the cell's value as a string (you can also use .getValue if they are numbers)
        value = oCell.getString()

        ' Append the value to the result string
        resultString = resultString & value

        ' Add a comma between values, but avoid it after the last one
        IF i < endRow THEN
            resultString = resultString & ", "
        END IF
    NEXT i

    ' Close the array declaration in the string
    resultString = resultString & " };"

    ' Return the final string
    CreateCharArrayFromColumn = resultString
END FUNCTION


REM Notes about other code
REM These  functions are built in
REM =CONCAT("0x",DEC2HEX(H7,2))  this  IS entered into column J
REM =CONCAT("0b000",C7:G7)  this IS entered into Column I
REM =BIN2DEC(MID(I7,3,8)) this IS entered into Column H

' bare in mind  that you have to understand what these functions  do   but this
' is how I  work out truth tables  to plug into code
' Ive produced this to show  you   how to use   spreadsheets  to your advantage  using
' With automation in mind
' You can  do much more than just this  and its possiblities are endless
' auto email , networking , security , iot  you name it
' That is all in your hands  and how you  implement  knowledge