Fix #360 - remove "help" from cells in exported spreadsheets

src/app/app.component.ts

@@ -158,8 +158,36 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, Observer {
     }); // defaults to image/png
   }
 
-  public static exportAsSpreadsheet(table: ElementRef) {
+  /**
+   * Exports a results data table to XLSX format, and removes "help" mentions
+   * from the parameters names columns if needed
+   * @param table results data table
+   * @param namesInFirstCol if true, will look for parameters names in 1st column
+   *    (for fixed results), else in 1st row (variable results, by default)
+   */
+  public static exportAsSpreadsheet(table: ElementRef, namesInFirstCol: boolean = false) {
     const ws: XLSX.WorkSheet = XLSX.utils.table_to_sheet(table);
+
+    let regExCellKey;
+    if (namesInFirstCol) {
+      regExCellKey = new RegExp("^A\\d$");
+    } else {
+      regExCellKey = new RegExp("^\\w1$");
+    }
+    // browse all cells
+    for (const key in ws) {
+      // look for 1st row or 1st col
+      if (regExCellKey.test(key) === true) {
+        const regExCellName = new RegExp("help$");
+        const v: string = ws[key].v;
+        // remove "help" from cell name's ending
+        if (regExCellName.test(v) === true) {
+          const newV = v.substr(0, v.length - 4);
+          ws[key].v = newV;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     const wb: XLSX.WorkBook = XLSX.utils.book_new();
     XLSX.utils.book_append_sheet(wb, ws, "default");
     const wopts: any = { bookType: "xlsx", bookSST: false, type: "array" };

src/app/components/fixedvar-results/fixed-results.component.ts

@@ -272,6 +272,6 @@ export class FixedResultsComponent extends ResultsComponent {
     }
 
     public exportAsSpreadsheet() {
-        AppComponent.exportAsSpreadsheet(this.table.nativeElement);
+        AppComponent.exportAsSpreadsheet(this.table.nativeElement, true);
     }
 }