Can't Use Entire Column Range with Excel JavaScript API - excel

Question

I've been working with entire Col rng's and noticed some inconsistencies.
For instance, my Excel Spreadsheet has a Col Rng of A1:A1048576, but the following code fails.
var ws = context.workbook.worksheets.getActiveWorksheet();
var range = ws.getRange("A1:A1048576");
range.values = "A";
But, if I use the rng as "A1:A1048575" (minus one), it works. Am I doing something wrong? The RNG doesn't appear to be 0 indexed as A1 selects the correct cell. I suspect this might be a bug, but wanted to confirm.
Here is the error FYI:
InvalidOperation: This operation is not permitted for the current object.
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Answer 1

Let me give a detailed answer.
Normally, we use range.values should like this:
range.values=[["A"]] the value is a 2-d array.
As shown in the api doc: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/javascript/api/excel/excel.range?view=excel-js-preview#excel-excel-range-values-member
I tested your way and it did runs. So I would suppose we also support this kind of input.
And for your issue, yes I can repro it. And I have a workaround now.
var ws = context.workbook.worksheets.getActiveWorksheet();
var range = ws.getRange("A1:A1048575");
range.values = "A";
var range2 = ws.getRange("A1048576");
range2.values = [["A"]];
await context.sync();
First it will set the value for A1:A1048575, and set value for A1048576 separately.
Internal bug #7377474 created to track it (which is true).
And our public repo: https://github.com/OfficeDev/office-js. You can put your future issue here also. And my github profile: https://github.com/yuc014 for the prove.
Thanks for your report. :)