Comparing multiple values in Google Sheets with App Script for loops - arrays

I would like to compare multiple values in a Google Sheet spreadsheet some using for loops in Google App Script. But i would like some advice on the best way to do it.
To explain below...
I have two spreadsheets, A "FOOD" table, and A "FOOD GROUP" table. 
I've written a for loop script that goes through the entire FOOD table.
If the key value of both tables matches, the script will update a column from the FOOD table with a column from the FOOD GROUP table.
The script works without issues. But it can only compare one column between the 2 tables at a time. I would like to modify this script so I can compare multiple columns at once, without having to create a for loop for each specified column.
I pasted my code below. I can also provide images of my spreadsheet if you need it. 
In any case, I'm new to coding, so any constructive feedback or insight to improve my script will be helpful. I'm happy to answer any questions if anything seems unclear.
function FoodGroup_Test() {
var Data = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var FoodGroupDataSheet = Data.getSheetByName("Food Groups") // "FoodGroup" sheet
var FoodGroupAllValues = FoodGroupDataSheet.getRange(2, 1, FoodGroupDataSheet.getLastRow()-1,FoodGroupDataSheet.getLastColumn()).getValues();
var FoodGroupDataLastRow = FoodGroupDataSheet.getLastRow();
var FoodDataSheet = Data.getSheetByName("Food") // "Food" sheet
var FoodAllValues = FoodDataSheet.getRange(2, 1, FoodDataSheet.getLastRow()-1,FoodDataSheet.getLastColumn()).getValues();
// Object to contain all FoodGroup column values
var Object = {};
for(var FO = FoodGroupAllValues.length-1;FO>=0;FO--) // for each row in the "FoodGroup" sheet...
{
Object[FoodGroupAllValues[FO][15]] = FoodGroupAllValues[FO][11]; // ...store FoodGroup ID Key value
}
for(var F = FoodAllValues.length-1;F>=0;F--) // for each row in the "Food" sheet...
{
var Food_FoodGroupKey = FoodAllValues[F][94]; // Store FoodGroup Key value.
// ...if the Food value dont match, update it with FoodGroup's value
if (Object[Food_FoodGroupKey] != FoodAllValues[F][95])
{
FoodAllValues[F][95] = Object[Food_FoodGroupKey];
}
}
// declare range to place updated values, then set it.
var FoodDestinationRange = FoodDataSheet.getRange(2, 1, FoodAllValues.length, FoodAllValues[0].length);
FoodDestinationRange.setValues(FoodAllValues);
}
FOOD GROUP Table
FOOD table

In order for your code to work as expected, you should do the following changes to your code:
Update your if condition to this one:
Object[Food_FoodGroupKey] != FoodAllValues[F][95] && object2[] != FAllValues[F][86])
In order to avoid the undefined problem use the following line of code:
FoodDataSheet.createTextFinder("undefined").replaceAllWith("");

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Hello. First off, I'm new to appscript/javascript/script in general... Secondly, I'm the worst at explaining things and am so over this as I've been working on it for 2 days with only a few food/water/sleep breaks and just can't figure it out.
I'm trying to take rows from one sheet and copy only some of that row's values to a template...
Customer orders are on one sheet.
Order CONTENTS(for all customers' orders) are on another sheet.
I want to generate an invoice containing everything that the customer has ordered. The code I have currently lists only the final row of the "results" array into my template sheet. I want all of the items that the customer ordered to be added to the invoice. I'm trying to figure out how to use "index" to move to the next line and add the next set of values, but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. By logging info, I see that everything is being called correctly and adding to the correct spot in the template. The problem is that it only adds the final line of data into the template when I want all of the lines that match a customer's name.

GAS Filter Criteria to Filter records in an Array that have NON-Blank (text) cells in selected single or multiple fields

I'm trying to find a way in Apps Script, using an array method (NOT using a table), to filter records from a large array that have text data in selected fields.
The records in the newly filtered array would contain ONLY those that have any (text) data in the specified field(s).
The filtered data array would then be copied into a 'Sheets' table for further use.
Finding records with blank fields using "" as the criteria, or specific data, such as "Yes", works well.
My work-around involves a 'for' loop to clear records from the table into which the array has been copied. However, this takes more time than than the 'filter' records method.
The example shows the method to filter only records that have a 'Blank' cell in the specified field. I have tried so many possible criteria that I've lost track of every option I have tried, but here are some of the criteria I've tried to find records that have non-blank cells: "<>" !="" !"" "!Null" ">0" "is not null" "!Empty".
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var LstRowNum = DataSheet.getLastRow();
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//Copy data from 'FilteredData' array to a new table 'NewSheetName'
C_SrchResSheet.getRange(3,1,FilteredData.length,LstColNum).setValues(FilteredData);
RecordsFound = FilteredData.length;
Try this:
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const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
const sh = ss.getSheetByName("VolunteerListTbl");
const lr = sh.getLastRow();
const lc = sh.getLastColumn();
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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?
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SpreadsheetApp.getUi().sidebar(html);
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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 `
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if(data[i][0] == "John")
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Google Apps Script: how to create an array of values for a given value by reading from a two column list?

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?
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var lastActiveRow = workingSheet.getLastRow();
var itemIDS = [];
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var lookupArticle = workingSheet[i][0];
if (currentArticle === lookupArticle) {
var tempValue = [workingSheet[i][1]];
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}
}
}
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.
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var outputSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('list2');
var outLastRow = outputSheet.getLastRow();
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var oldHotel = sourceValues[0][0]; //first hotel of the list
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itemIDS.push(sourceValues[i][1]);
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*/
if (i == sourceValues.length - 1) {
outputSheet.getRange(outLastRow + 1, 1, 1, 2).setValues([
[sourceValues[i][0], itemIDS.toString()]
]);
}
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[sourceValues[i - 1][0], itemIDS.toString()]
]);
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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()

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I'm working on building a Google Sheets-based tool to calculate the cost of making various machined and fabricated parts. As it currently sits, there are about 60 different variables that I modify each time I build an estimate. Things like "number of parts," "length of bar to cut each part from," "cost/bar," "machining time," "machining rate," etc. All of these values I have populated on one sheet, and laid out in a way like. I want to make a button that takes a "snapshot" of all of these values, and stores them on another sheet for later reference. I'd then, ideally create another button, that allows me to re-populate all of the cells based off of a unique ID (such as Part #). This would let me tweak an estimate, or even refer back to material sizes etc in a meaningful way.
So far, I've created a "Named Range" for each of the values, so that as I change the layout, or add values, my script code should update accordingly, instead of using direct cell references.
I've built a few functions to get and set the value's of these named ranges. They're working as expected(i think) for what I'm trying to do. But when I try to place the array of Named Ranges inside of a multi-dimensional array of the named ranges WITH their respective values, I'm running into an issue where each named range is a ROW and their respective value is a second Column. And I need it swapped
I'm not super comfortable with multi-dimensional arrays and am thinking myself in circles trying to figure out how to transpose this logically. My gut says the way I'm attempting to build the arrays is my problem, not just how I'm iterating through them.
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var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
//set calc and save sheets to vars
var calcSheet = ss.getSheetByName('Part Cost Calculator')
var saveSheet = ss.getSheetByName('Saved Parts');
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var namedRanges = calcSheet.getNamedRanges();
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//find next available row for save data (currently troubleshooting)
var nextAvailSaveRange = saveSheet.getRange(1, 1, 60, 2);
//iterate through array and call getNamedRange() function to return name and current value
for(i = 0; i < namedRanges.length; i++){
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function getNamedRange(name){
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Logger.log([name,value]);
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Once this is done, I'd like to create headers that match the Named Ranges on my save sheet, to allow me to iterate through functions and look for a match to the appropriate column by name. That way if I add more values or change their order, or the order of the array, it wont matter. I think I'll be able to figure that out pretty easily if I can control these damn arrays better!
I agree with the OP. Array building AND iteration are the immediate problems and they are the stumbling block to the development of the spreadsheet.
The OP has a raised number of issues, however the most immediate, and the one to be resolved under this answer, is the copying of a list of parts from one sheet to another. In the OP's code, named ranges were retrieved and used as a basis for creating the copy of the list of parts. However, this also creates a duplicate set of named ranges on the target sheet. In my view this was unnecessarily complicating the duplication of the parts list since it is easy to programmatically create/update a list of named ranges.
The following code consists of three functions:
so_5466573501() - Copies the list of parts from one sheet to another.
Named Ranges are ignored; the OP's stumbling block is the iteration of the raw data and management of arrays. This code deals only with that aspect as a means of simplifying this issue.
createnamedranges() - Programmatically creates/updates Named ranges.
This code is included to assure the OP that it is not important to make named ranges the focus of the duplication by showing how easy it is to programmatically turn a list of parts into a series of Named Ranges (for development, I created 60 Parts and the entire code executes in under a 1 second). The code assumes a list in two columns (Column A = Parameter Name, Column B = Parameter value). The code loops through the list creating/updating a set of named ranges - the range name is the Parameter Name in Column A, and the range itself is the the corresponding row in Column B. The name of the sheet is set in a variable, so this function can be easily adapted.
deletenamedranges() - Programmatically deletes Named ranges.
This code deletes all the Named Ranges from a given sheet. This function is included because the OP's existing code creates duplicate named ranges, and it might be necessary to quickly delete them from a sheet. The sheet name is stored as a variable, so the function can be easily adapted.
function so_5466573501() {
//set master spreadsheet
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
//create variables for calc and save sheets
var calcSheet = ss.getSheetByName('Part Cost Calculator')
var saveSheet = ss.getSheetByName('Saved Parts');
//get the Parts Parameters from Part Cost Calculator
//var namedRanges = calcSheet.getNamedRanges();
//Logger.log("DEBUG: Number of named ranges on Parts Cost Calculator = "+namedRanges.length);
// get the number of parts in the list on Parts Cost Calculator
var Avals = calcSheet.getRange("A1:A").getValues();
var Alast = Avals.filter(String).length;
//Logger.log("DEBUG: Number of parts in the list: "+Alast); //DEBUG
// get the parts list
var partsRange = calcSheet.getRange(1, 1, Alast, 2);
var partsRangeValues = partsRange.getValues();
//Logger.log("DEBUG: The parts range is: "+partsRange.getA1Notation());//DEBUG
//Logger.log("DEBUG: Parts List Row #1: Name: "+partsRangeValues[0][0]+", Value: "+partsRangeValues[0][1]);//DEBUG
// create an array to use for saving results and updating new Saved Parts sheet
var savedValues = new Array();
// Loop through the Parts List, row by row
for (i = 0; i < Alast; i++) {
// push the part name and part value onto the array
savedValues.push([partsRangeValues[i][0], partsRangeValues[i][1]]);
//Logger.log("DEBUG: Parts List: i = "+i+", Name: "+partsRangeValues[i][0]+", Value: "+partsRangeValues[i][1]);//DEBUG
}
// identify the range on the Saved Parts sheet to copy the parts list array.
var saveRange = saveSheet.getRange(1, 1, Alast, 2);
saveRange.setValues(savedValues);
}
function createnamedranges() {
//set master spreadhseet
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
//create variables for calc and save sheets
var calcSheetName = "Part Cost Calculator";
var calcSheet = ss.getSheetByName(calcSheetName);
// get the number of parts in the list on Parts Cost Calculator
var AVals = calcSheet.getRange("A1:A").getValues();
var ALast = AVals.filter(String).length;
// get the parts range and values
var partsRange = calcSheet.getRange(1, 1, ALast, 2);
//Logger.log("DEBUG: The Parts range is "+partsRange.getA1Notation());//DEBUG
var partsRangeValues = partsRange.getValues();
// Loop through the parts list row by row
for (var i = 0; i < ALast; i++) {
// get the Part name and assign as the range name
var nrpartname = partsRangeValues[i][0];
//Logger.log("DEBUG: PartName = "+nrpartname+", value: "+partsRangeValues[i][1]);//DEBUG
// get the range to be named -note (i+1) because the loop starts at 0 (zero) but `getrange` starts at 1 (one)
var rng_to_name = ss.getSheetByName(calcSheetName).getRange((i + 1), 2);
//Logger.log("DEBUG: rng_to_name: "+rng_to_name+", range details: "+rng_to_name.getA1Notation());
// set (and/or update) the named range
ss.setNamedRange(nrpartname, rng_to_name);
// DEBUG: check that the range was created //DEBUG
// var rangeCheck = ss.getRangeByName(nrpartname);//DEBUG
// var rangeCheckName = rangeCheck.getA1Notation(); //DEBUG
// Logger.log("DEBUG: Rangename: "+nrpartname+", Range: "+rangeCheckName);//DEBUG
// credit megabyte1024 https://stackoverflow.com/a/12325103/1330560 "setNamedRange() outside of the spreadsheet container?"
}
}
function deletenamedranges() {
//set master spreadhseet
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
//create variables for calc and save sheets
var calcSheet = ss.getSheetByName('Part Cost Calculator');
// get the named ranges
var namedRanges = calcSheet.getNamedRanges();
// loop through the list of named ranges and delete them
for (var i = 0; i < namedRanges.length; i++) {
namedRanges[i].remove();
}
}
ADDENDUM: - Copy based on Named Ranges
The original so_5466573501 assumes that the parts are in a simple 2 column-list; in which case, Named Ranges are irrelevant.
The following code assumes that the parts are not in a list but scattered, in no particular order, throughout the sheet "Part Cost Calculator". This code is based on obtaining the NamedRanges, identifying the respective Named Range row and column, correlating said row and column to the ENTIRE data range, and then copying the results to the "Saved Parts" sheet. No Named Ranges are created by default on the "Saved Parts" sheet but this can be easily done by using the createnamedranges function (appropriately edited for the correct sheet name).
function so_5466573502() {
//set master spreadhseet
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
//create variables for calc and save sheets
var calcSheet = ss.getSheetByName('Part Cost Calculator')
var saveSheet = ss.getSheetByName('Saved Parts');
//get the Parts Parameters from Part Cost Calculator
var namedRanges = calcSheet.getNamedRanges();
var numNR = namedRanges.length
//Logger.log("DEBUG: Number of named ranges on Parts Cost Calculator = "+numNR);
// get all the data
var dataRangeValues = calcSheet.getDataRange().getValues();
// create an array to temporarily store results
var resultsarray = [];
// Loop through the array of Named Ranges
for (var x = 0; x < numNR; x++) {
var nrName = namedRanges[x].getName();
var nrRange = namedRanges[x].getRange();
var nrRangerow = nrRange.getRow();
var nrRangecol = nrRange.getColumn();
var nrRangeValue = dataRangeValues[nrRangerow - 1][nrRangecol - 1];
//Logger.log("DEBUG: Named Range-Name: "+nrName+", Range: "+nrRange.getA1Notation()+", Row: "+nrRangerow+", Column: "+nrRangecol+", Value-"+nrRangeValue);//DEBUG
// populate the array with the part name and the part value
resultsarray.push([nrName, nrRangeValue]);
}
// identify the range on the Saved Parts sheet to copy the parts list array.
var saveRange = saveSheet.getRange(1, 1, numNR, 2);
saveRange.setValues(resultsarray);
// sort the results on "Saved Parts"
saveRange.activate().sort({
column: 1,
ascending: true
});
}

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