How to extract few cells from a Google Sheet and copy to another sheet using a single statement - arrays

Question

using JavaScript to access google sheets via google API.
I am copying the entire content of a "google spreadsheet" "Parent sheet" into a two dimension array vaParent
var ssParent = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Parent");
var vaParent = ssParent.getRange(2, 1, ssParent.getLastRow(), ssParent.getLastColumn() ).getValues();
I am extracting 6 array elements
var vaNewParent01 = vaParent[i].slice(3, 9);
Now, I would like to copy vaNewParent01 to a new google "spreadsheet" "company sheet"
ssCompany.getRange( 2, 1 ).setValues( vaNewParent01 );
above code does not work??
I've found that vaNewParent01 is a single dimension array with 6 elements
however, ssCompany.getRange( 2, 1 ).setValues( vaNewParent01
only works if vaNewParent01 is an array of array
question:
a/ how to extract few cells from a sheet and copy to another using a single statement.
thanks in advance for any help
cheers

Answer 1

From your showing script, if your script is like the following script,
var ssParent = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Parent");
var vaParent = ssParent.getRange(2, 1, ssParent.getLastRow(), ssParent.getLastColumn()).getValues();
for (var i = 0; i < vaParent.length; i++) {
var vaNewParent01 = vaParent[i].slice(3, 9);
ssCompany.getRange(2, 1).setValues(vaNewParent01);
}
vaNewParent01 is 1 dimensional array. In order to use setValues(values), values is required to be 2 dimensional array. And about ssCompany.getRange( 2, 1 ).setValues( vaNewParent01 );, in this case, please include the numbers of rows and columns of the values you want to put. If my understanding of your situation is correct, I think that the reason for your issue is due to this.
About how to extract few cells from a sheet and copy to another using a single statement., in this case, how about the following sample script?
Sample script 1:
This script is modified from your showing script by guessing your tested script.
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var ssParent = ss.getSheetByName("Parent");
var ssCompany = ss.getSheetByName("sample"); // Please set the destination sheet name.
var vaParent = ssParent.getRange(2, 1, ssParent.getLastRow(), ssParent.getLastColumn()).getValues();
var values = [];
for (var i = 0; i < vaParent.length; i++) {
var vaNewParent01 = vaParent[i].slice(3, 9);
values.push(vaNewParent01);
}
ssCompany.getRange(2, 1, values.length, values[0].length).setValues(values);
Sample script 2:
As other sample script, how about the following script? In this sample script, copyTo of Class Range is used. From your showing script, I thought that you wanted to copy the values from D2:I of the source sheet to A2 of the destination sheet.
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var ssParent = ss.getSheetByName("Parent");
var ssCompany = ss.getSheetByName("sample"); // Please set the destination sheet name.
var src = ssParent.getRange("D2:I" + ssParent.getLastRow());
src.copyTo(ssCompany.getRange(2, 1), { contentsOnly: true });
References:
setValues(values)
copyTo(destination, options)

Answer 2

arr is single dimension array
let vs = arr.map(e => [e]); //for a column;
let vs = [arr]; //for a row
Sheet.getRange(1,1,vs.length, vs[0].length).setValues(vs);