I saved the information of this table in an 2D array using Google Apps Script. The whole array building process worked as aspected.
Area
X
Y
Major
Minor
Angle
SensorNo
1
25049
380.500
246.500
190.953
167.023
0
1
2
24248
393.500
247.000
192.976
159.986
0
2
3
18250
382.500
247.000
159.023
146.121
0
3
However, as I tried to build a for loop (as seen in the following code) that goes through every column of the first row of the array I did not get the expected output. I tried to tell the loop that when the array content equals "SensorNo" to save the respective n as a new variable and then break the loop. But whenever the array content I'm looking for is in the last column the variable remains undefined...
for(n=0;n<fileContentArray[0].length;n++){
if(fileContentArray[0][n]=="SensorNo"){
var sensorNoCol=n;
break;
}
}
I hope someone can help me.
Best, Max
function getHeaderColumns() {
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
const sh = ss.getSheetByName("Sheet Name");
const hRow = 1;
const hA = sh.getRange(hRow, 1, 1, sh.getLastColumn()).getValues()[0];
let col = {};
hA.forEach((h, i) => { col[h] = i + 1 });
return col['SensorNo'];
}
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The code below is from here and was originally written by user #Cooper. All it does is that it copies the values of the columns specified in the array colA = [1,3,2,4] from SHEET 1 and add them to SHEET 2. I want to re-write the 2 last lines of the code, so that the values coming from SHEET 1 are added to the last available rows in SHEET 2. By "2 last lines", I mean these last lines of the code:
drng = des.getRange(1,1,drngA.length,drngA[0].length);//destination array controls size of destination range.drng.setValues(drngA);
Any idea how to get this done?
Thank you so much in advance for your help!
function Copy_data()
{
var src = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("SHEET 1");
var des = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("SHEET 2");
var srng = src.getDataRange();
var srngA = srng.getValues();
var drngA = [];
var colA = [1,3,2,4];//indirect data column selection
for (var i = 0; i < srngA.length;i++ )
{
var k = 0;
drngA[i]=[];
for(var j=0;j<srngA[i].length;j++)
{
drngA[i][k++] = srngA[i][colA[j]-1];
}
drng = des.getRange(1,1,drngA.length,drngA[0].length);//destination array controls size of destination range.
drng.setValues(drngA);
}
}
You can get the last row of the destination Sheet and after, add it to your getRange() function. The method proposed by #soMario will not work because it makes requests inside the loop while you update the Sheet, and this causes it to get different values every time you call des.getLastRow().
The simplest solution is to take the getLastRow() request outside of the loop and then include it in getRange. Note that one is added to it so that it does not overwrite the last row with the setValue() request.
Code.gs
function Copy_data() {
...
var lastRow = des.getLastRow() + 1
for (var i = 0; i < srngA.length;i++ ){
...
drng = des.getRange(lastRow,1,drngA.length,drngA[0].length)
...
}
Documentation
getRange(row, column, numRows, numColumns)
getLastRow()
I am having one google sheet having more than 100 rows with column of "NAME, PLACE, PHONE". I want to change /correct the phone number on specific person Ex.John in the side bar (Form.html) and the correct place & phone number to be edit in that specific row of my google sheet "Phonelist". The code.gs given below which is not working. Could you lease rectify the same?
function sidebar() {
var html = HtmlService.createHtmlOutputFromFile("Form").setTitle('Phone Details');
SpreadsheetApp.getUi().sidebar(html);
}
function result(form) {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var ws = ss.getSheetByName("Phonelist");
var data = ws.getDataRange().getValues();
var name = form.name;
var place = form.place;
var phone = form.phone;
for (var i = 1; i < data.length; i++) {
if(data[i][1] == "John"){
var result = [name,place,phone];
ws.getRange(dat[i]).setValue(result);
}
}
}
It is difficult to understand what you exactly need. But there are some issues which are visible.
ws.getRange(data[i])is not valid. See docs. You need a row and a column at least, and in your case also the number of columns since your are inserting a range. Currently you only have a column. The solution is `
const startColumn = 1 // start at column A
const numberOfRows = 1 // update one row at a time
const numberOfColumns = result.length // this will be 3
ws.getRange(data[i], startColumn, numberOfRows, result.length)
.setValues(result) // setValues is correct, setValue is incorrect
The second issue is that you said that NAME is in the first column, but your test is testing against the second column. Array start at 0, i.e. the first item is actual accessed by [0]. therefore your test if(data[i][1] == "John") actually checks if the second column PLACE is equal to "John". To fix this, replace the [1] with [0], so:
if(data[i][0] == "John")
The third issue is handled in the first answer. You are using setValue() which is only to be used to set one cell. But since you are setting a number of cells at one time, you should use setValues() instead.
I am new to coding.
I am trying to edit and set values from an entire row but want to skip certain columns, because there are formulas in it.
In short: I want to / have to keep track of sing-in and sign-out times, which then will be calculated in the spreadsheet but shouldn't be overwritten by the array. Is there a way to skip every 3rd "value"/index (as these are the columns which have the formulas)?
In fact I want to skip the columns: TOTAL, day1tot, day2tot, day3tot .... day14tot.
function editCustomerByID(id,customerInfo){
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
const ws = ss.getSheetByName("DATA");
const custIds = ws.getRange(2, 1, ws.getLastRow()-1, 1).getDisplayValues().map(r => r[0].toString().toLowerCase());
const posIndex = custIds.indexOf(id.toString().toLowerCase());
const rowNumber = posIndex === -1 ? 0 : posIndex +2;
Logger.log(customerInfo);
ws.getRange(rowNumber, 2, 1, 8).setValues([[
customerInfo.name,
customerInfo.total,
customerInfo.day1in,
customerInfo.day1out,
customerInfo.day1tot,
customerInfo.day2in,
customerInfo.day2out,
customerInfo.day2tot
// UNTIL DAY 14
]]);
return true;
To skip columns, you can subdivide your range into individual ranges and implement conditional statements
Sample:
function editCustomerByID(id,customerInfo){
...
var valueArray = [
customerInfo.name,
customerInfo.total,
customerInfo.day1in,
customerInfo.day1out,
customerInfo.day1tot,
customerInfo.day2in,
customerInfo.day2out,
customerInfo.day2tot
// UNTIL DAY 14
]
var startColumn = 2;
//loop through all values
for (var i = 0; i < valueArray; i++){
// filter out every 3rd value
if((i+1) % 3 != 0){
ws.getRange(rowNumber, (startColumn + i)).setValue(valueArray[i]);
}
}
return true;
Note that the sample code above uses the method setValue() instead of setValues()
Performing multiple requests to set values to individual ranges is less efficient that setting all values at once within a single request, however in your case it is necessary since your desired value range is not continuos
I have a set of data in a Google spreadsheet in two columns. One column is a list of article titles and the other is the ID of a hotel that is in that article. Call it list1.
Example data
I would like returned a new list with article titles in one column, and an array of the hotel IDs in that article in the other column. Call it list2.
Example data
There are thousands of lines that this needs to be done for, and so my hope was to use Google Apps Script to help perform this task. My original thinking was to
Create column 1 of list2 which has the unique article titles (no script here, just the G-sheets =unique() formula.
Iterate through the titles in list2, looking for a match in first column of the list1
If there is a match:
retrieve its corresponding value in column 2
push it to an empty array in column two of list2
move onto next row in list1
if no longer a match, loop back to step 2.
I've written the following code. I am currently getting a type error (TypeError: Cannot read property '0' of undefined (line 13, file "Code")), however, I wanted to ask whether this is even a valid approach to the problem?
function getHotelIds() {
var outputSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('list2');
var lastRow = outputSheet.getLastRow();
var data = outputSheet.getRange(2,1,lastRow,2).getValues();
var workingSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('list1');
var lastActiveRow = workingSheet.getLastRow();
var itemIDS = [];
for (var i=1; i<=data.length; i++) {
var currentArticle = data[i][0];
var lookupArticle = workingSheet[i][0];
if (currentArticle === lookupArticle) {
var tempValue = [workingSheet[i][1]];
itemIDS.push(tempValue);
}
}
}
Use a simple google sheets formula:
You can use a very simple formula to achieve your goal instead of using long and complicated scripts.
Use =unique(list1!A2:A) in cell A2 of list2 sheet to get the unique hotels.
and then use this formula to all the unique hotels by dragging it down in column B.
=JOIN(",",filter(list1!B:B,list1!A:A=A2))
You got the idea right, but the logic needed some tweaking. The "undefined" error is caused by the workingSheet[i][0]. WorkingSheet is a Sheet object, not an array of data. Also, is not necessary to get the data from list2 (output), it is rather the opposite. You have to get the data from the list1 (source) sheet instead, and iterate over it.
I added a new variable, oldHotel, which will be used to compare each line with the current hotel. If it's different, it means we have reached a different Hotel and the data should be written in list2.
function getHotelIds() {
var outputSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('list2');
var outLastRow = outputSheet.getLastRow();
var workingSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('list1');
var lastActiveRow = workingSheet.getLastRow();
var sourceValues = workingSheet.getRange("A2:B" + lastActiveRow).getValues();
var itemIDS = [];
var oldHotel = sourceValues[0][0]; //first hotel of the list
for (var i = 0; i < sourceValues.length; i++) {
if (sourceValues[i][0] == oldHotel) {
itemIDS.push(sourceValues[i][1]);
/*When we reach the end of the list, the oldHotel variable will never be different. So the next if condition is needed. Otherwise it wouldn't write down the last Hotel.
*/
if (i == sourceValues.length - 1) {
outputSheet.getRange(outLastRow + 1, 1, 1, 2).setValues([
[sourceValues[i][0], itemIDS.toString()]
]);
}
} else {
outputSheet.getRange(outLastRow + 1, 1, 1, 2).setValues([
[sourceValues[i - 1][0], itemIDS.toString()]
]);
oldHotel = sourceValues[i][0]; //new Hotel will be compared
outLastRow = outputSheet.getLastRow(); //lastrow has updated
itemIDS = []; //clears the array to include the next codes
}
}
}
I also converted the itemIDS array to a String each time, so it's written down in a single cell without issues.
Make sure each column of the Sheet is set to "Plain text" from Format > Number > Plain Text
References
getRange
setValues
toString()
I have a set of documents in Firestore in this format. Questions array will 10 questions.
I want to get the data of questions field: one row for one question
I do I code in the appscript to perform this
This is my code so far (for one document only)
function test(){
const firestore = getFirestore();
var query = firestore.getDocument("QuestionCollection/test").fields;
var data = {};
data.subject = query.subject;
data.questions= query.questions;
const sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
for(i = 0 ; i < 10 (no. of question); i++){
const row = [data.questions[i].answer, data.questions[i].difficulty];
sheet.appendRow(row);
}
}
Error:
TypeError: Cannot read property 'answer' of undefined
Modification points:
When I saw your sample data in the image, it seems that the array length of questions is 2. But at the for loop, the end index of loop is 9. I think that by them, such error occurs.
When you want to put the value of "Serial", it is required to add the value for putting to Spreadsheet.
In your script, appendRow is used in a loop. In this case, the process cost becomes high.
When above points are reflected to your script, it becomes as follows.
Modified script:
Your for loop is modified as follows.
From:
for(i = 0 ; i < 10 (no. of question); i++){
const row = [data.questions[i].answer, data.questions[i].difficulty];
sheet.appendRow(row);
}
To:
var values = [];
for (var i = 0; i < data.questions.length; i++) {
const row = [i + 1, data.questions[i].answer, data.questions[i].difficulty];
values.push(row);
}
sheet.getRange(sheet.getLastRow() + 1, 1, values.length, values[0].length).setValues(values);
For the end index of loop, the array length is used.
Reference:
setValues(values)
You shouldn't query the .fields property directly (because your data isn't converted properly). Assuming you're using v28+ of the library, your code should look something like this:
function test(){
const firestore = getFirestore();
const query = firestore.getDocument("QuestionCollection/test").obj; // Don't use .fields here
const sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
const values = [["Serial", "Answer", "Difficulty"]]; // Init 2D array with Header row
// Loop through each question in the array and extract necessary values to construct Data rows
for (const question of query.questions){
values.push([query.questions.indexOf(question) + 1, question.answer, question.difficulty]);
}
// Replace 1, 1 below with coords of "Serial" header cell
const range = sheet.getRange(1, 1, values.length, values[0].length);
range.setValues(values);
// sheet.getRange(subjRow, subjCol).setValue(query.subject); // Add location for Subject data
}
I saw that you wanted "Serial" to represent "Question number", so I added that column to the header and data rows.
As Tanaike mentioned, there's a huge performance hit for writing to the spreadsheet in a loop, so it's better if you set up a 2D array of values to write all at once using range.setValues(array2D). Ideally, you'll want to minimize the calls to the Spreadsheet API.
Disclaimer: I'm an active contributor to the FirestoreGoogleAppsScript library.