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Google App Script: Find & Replace for specific columns

Here is the problem & logic for the find & replace script I am using.
Search Sheet for to_replace string.
If found, replace to_replace with replace_with.
If not found, replace to_replace with to_replace // This is not needed, and causes problems (it replaces all formulas, and replaces it with a string).
My Objective:
I would like the script to only replace cells that match to_replace, and ignore every other cell.
My Rookie Solution:
Exclude specific columns in the foruma by eliminating column C from array using script from here. (only find & replace within Column B & D).
Here is the modified code I added in My Current Script...
const range = sheet.getRange('B2:D'+lastRow).getValues();
range.forEach(a => a.splice(1, 1)); //removes column C.
But I get the error: "TypeError: var data = range.getValues(); is not a function"
Question
Can you help me troubleshoot my rookie solution, or teach me a better way to solve this problem?
My current script
function findAndReplace(){
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Sheet1');
var lastRow = sheet.getLastRow()
var lastColumn = sheet.getLastColumn()
// var range = sheet.getRange(1, 1, lastRow, lastColumn) //REMOVED - Searches all columns.
const range = sheet.getRange('B2:D'+lastRow).getValues(); //ADDED - Searches only B & D
range.forEach(a => a.splice(1, 1)); //ADDED - Searches only B & D
var to_replace = "TextToFind";
var replace_with = ""; //Leave blank to delete Text, or enter text in quotes to add string.
var data = range.getValues();
var oldValue="";
var newValue="";
var cellsChanged = 0;
for (var r=0; r<data.length; r++) {
for (var i=0; i<data[r].length; i++) {
oldValue = data[r][i];
newValue = data[r][i].toString().replace(to_replace, replace_with);
if (oldValue!=newValue)
{
cellsChanged++;
data[r][i] = newValue;
}
}
}
range.setValues(data);
}

From teach me a better way to solve this problem, in your situation, I thought that when TextFinder is used, the process cost might be able to be reduced. When TextFinder is used for achieving your goal, it becomes as follows.
Sample script:
function myFunction() {
var to_replace = "TextToFind";
var replace_with = ""; //Leave blank to delete Text, or enter text in quotes to add string.
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Sheet1');
var lastRow = sheet.getLastRow();
var ranges = ['B2:B' + lastRow, 'D2:D' + lastRow];
sheet.getRangeList(ranges).getRanges().forEach(r =>
r.createTextFinder(to_replace).matchEntireCell(true).replaceAllWith(replace_with)
);
}
Note:
If you want to replace the part of cell value, please modify r.createTextFinder(to_replace).matchEntireCell(true).replaceAllWith(replace_with) to r.createTextFinder(to_replace).replaceAllWith(replace_with).
As an additional modification, if your script is modified, how about the following modification?
function findAndReplace() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Sheet1');
var lastRow = sheet.getLastRow()
var range = sheet.getRange('B2:D' + lastRow);
var data = range.getValues();
var to_replace = "TextToFind";
var replace_with = ""; //Leave blank to delete Text, or enter text in quotes to add string.
for (var r = 0; r < data.length; r++) {
for (var i = 0; i < data[r].length; i++) {
var value = data[r][i].toString();
if (i != 1 && value.includes(to_replace)) {
data[r][i] = data[r][i].replace(to_replace, replace_with);
}
}
}
range.setValues(data);
}
References:
createTextFinder(findText)
Class TextFinder

How to retrieve data from columns dependent upon date

I have a rota (a fixed order of rotation (as of persons or duties)) that I've already had help with this week. It's up & running as is, but for simpler reading I'd like to transpose it.
You can see the transposed sheet as I'd like it here
The current script is for the pre-transposed table.
It would search Column 0 for the date. If it was was 7 days away it would retrieve the name from Column 1 & match it with e-mail address in separate sheet etc.
What I'd like to do is instead have the Date in Row 0 & then subsequent names in Row 1 etc etc
I've tried various things. I've stepped through the code & can see what it's doing, & I've done some reading through about 2 dimensional arrays, but I can't seem to find a way of getting the code to work down through columns, instead of across the rows.
Here's the code:
function sendEmails() {
var ss1 = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sh1 = ss1.getSheetByName("Rota")
ss1.setActiveSheet(sh1);
var rotalink = "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LgzUWSAGA2kbpar8r5nosU1bSHF7nrtvtUiHS3nB_e8";
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
// Fetch the range
var dataRange = sheet.getRange("B3:G50")
// Fetch values for each row in the Range.
var data = dataRange.getValues();
for (i in data) {
var row = data[i];
var today=new Date();
var timecell = new Date(row[0]);
var timediff = new Date();
var one_day=1000*60*60*24;
var daystogo = Math.ceil((timecell.getTime()-today.getTime())/(one_day));
if (daystogo==7) {//only e-mail people with one week to go. To change that alter the "7" to the number of days you want
var subject = "Rota reminder!";
var emailAddress = [];
var message;
message = "Hello \n\n"+
"You are down to help at Youth Café this week. \n\n" +
"Please see the below rota for your role \n\n" +
"If you have any questions or problems let us know at thameyouthcafe#gmail.com \n\n" +
"Remember, you can check the rota anytime by clicking on the link below: \n\n"+
rotalink
for (var x = 1; x < 5; x++) { // 5 because emails are till col4
// var emailAddress = []; // Start by collecting the non-blank emails in an array
if (getEmailFromName(row[x]) != "") {
emailAddress.push(getEmailFromName(row[x]))
}
}
emailAddress = emailAddress.join(); // Join the array to get a comma separated string
MailApp.sendEmail(emailAddress, subject, message);
}
}
}
and here's the getEmailFromName function that matches with SKey (which I presume comes from the "i" variable in the first function?
function getEmailFromName(sKey) {
// to use this function, don’t put anything in the first column (A) or row (1).
// Put the name (i.e. the key, or what we’re looking for) in column B.
// Put what we want to return in column C.
var columnToSearch = 1; //column B
// Set the active sheet to our email lookup
var ss1 = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sh1 = ss1.getSheetByName("EmailContactList")
ss1.setActiveSheet(sh1);
var data = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getDataRange().getValues();
var line = -1;
for( var i = 0; i < data.length; i++ ) {
if( data[i][columnToSearch] == sKey ) {
line = i;
break;
}
}
if( line != -1 ) {
//do what you want with the data on "line"
return data[line][2]; //value on column C of the matched line
}
else {
return "";
// if criteria is not found
}
}

Try it this way:
function sendEmails() {
var ss1 = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var sh1 = ss1.getSheetByName("Rota")
ss1.setActiveSheet(sh1);
var rotalink = "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LgzUWSAGA2kbpar8r5nosU1bSHF7nrtvtUiHS3nB_e8";
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var dataRange = sheet.getRange("B3:G50")
var data = dataRange.getValues();
for (var i=0;i<dataRange.length;i++) {
var row = data[i];
var today=new Date();
var timecell = new Date(row[0]);
var timediff = new Date();
var one_day=1000*60*60*24;
var daystogo = Math.ceil((timecell.getTime()-today.getTime())/(one_day));
if (daystogo==7) {
var subject = "Rota reminder!";
var emailAddress = [];
var message = Utilities.formatString('Hello\n\nYou are down to help at Youth Café this week.\n\n Please see the below rota for your role \n\nIf you have any questions or problems let us know at thameyouthcafe#gmail.com \n\nRemember, you can check the rota anytime by clicking on the link below: \n\n%s',rotalink);
for (var x=1;x<5;x++) {
if(data[i][x]) {
emailAddress.push(data[i][x]);
}
}
MailApp.sendEmail(emailAddress.join(), subject, message);
}
}
}

Managed to solve it - thank you for your contributions. Turned out it was incredibly simple.
Just had to change this line:
var timecell = new Date(data[0])
to this:
var timecell = new Date(data[0][i])
so it iterates through the first row of each column.

Google sheets script - Strip extra data from a second line and add it to the first line

I'm trying to build a script in google sheets script that will iterate down a sheet, row by row, and if it encounters an ID number in the first cell of that row that is identical to the one above it, it strips out the data from every cell EXCEPT Column A and B, and appends it to the line above. Ideally, this would work with an indeterminate number of duplicate row IDs, might be 2, might be 3, might be 4.
After stripping out the data I want to keep (eg colums C and onward), I then want to delete the entire contents of the processed duplicate ID row, but I just haven't put that in my script until after it copies the data correctly.
In this example, sheet rows 6, 7 and 8 have identical ID numbers (Column A)
Here is the result I'm trying to get:
And here is the result I'm getting:
I've tried a number of different ways, and torn down and rebuilt my script a couple of times without getting the result I want:
function stripMiner() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById("1WDPoTICQvdruxfhAwHLtA51fz05DqyZ-NhNfpAyPO6Y");
var mainSheet = ss.getSheetByName("Main");
var startRow = 5;
var numRows = mainSheet.getLastRow();//obtains the last row in the sheet
var setrgh = mainSheet
var dataRange = mainSheet.getRange(startRow, 1,4,120); //rowStart, columnStart, row count, column count, the columncount needs to be large enough to encompass all your ancillary data
var data = dataRange.getValues();
var iter = 0;
var maxItRow = 4;
var prevIdNum = 0;
var dupCount = 1;
var cc1 = "P5"; //Cells to dump check values into
var cc2 = "P6";
var dumpRow = startRow;
//if (numRows >= maxItRow){var maxIter = maxItRow;}
for (i in data){
if (iter != maxItRow){ //making sure we haven't gone over the iteration limit
var row = data[i];
var idNum = (row[0]);
var jCount = 0; //resets icount if the id number is different icount is used to skip some cells in a row
if (idNum == prevIdNum){//only proceed if we've hit another line with the same ID number
dupCount = +1; //increment the dupcount value
mainSheet.getRange(cc2).setValue("dupCount"+dupCount); //dupcount check value
var rowIterStart = 5; //RowIterStart is used to add to rowiter, EG if your data is 20 columns wide, and you start transposing from column 4, then this will want to be about 17
var rowIter = 1;
for (j in row){
if (jCount >= 2){ //the integer here is the column where it will begin to transpose data
mainSheet.getRange(dumpRow-1,(rowIterStart*dupCount)+(rowIter)).setValue(row[j]); //startRow+(iter-dupCount)
mainSheet.getRange(cc1).setValue("dumprow"+dumpRow);
}
rowIter+=1;
jCount +=1;
}
}
else{
var dupCount = 1;
dumpRow +=1;
}
prevIdNum = (row[0]); //sets the most recently processed rows ID number
}
iter +=1;
}
}
I'm not quite sure where I'm going wrong. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!
(Also I'm still just a beginner with this so if I've overlooked anything obvious or taken the wrong approach to do this, I apologize!)

The results for the questioner's code in the case of copied data arise from a convoluted loop. In essence, though duplicates were identified, there was a mis-counting to assign the copied data to the correct rowID. So far as clearing data, no provision was included.
The following code works to meet the questioner's goals, though it is far from perfect.
At present, the recalculation of the "last column" after copy each duplicate is an absolute rather than than a row-based figure. So, if a duplicate was detected for, say, ID=3, the data would be copied to column 12 rather than column 6. This requires the addition of a simple dupID row counter.
The second factor is the calculation of the last column in the spreadsheet.
var dataRange = mainSheet.getRange(startRow, 1,Rowlast+1,120);
The questioner used 120 columns; and I have retained that number simply for the sake of consistency. The questioner should re-assess whether this is excessive.
function ejb_so_5284922701() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById("<< insert questioners spreadsheet ID>>");
var mainSheet = ss.getSheetByName("<< insert questioner's sheet name >>");
var startRow = 5;
// calculate the last row containing data
var Rowvals = ss.getRange("A5:A").getValues();
var Rowlast = Rowvals.filter(String).length; //6
Logger.log("last row = " + Rowlast); // DEBUG
// calculate the last column containing data
var cell = mainSheet.getRange("A5"); //or however you determine "cell"
var drCol = mainSheet.getDataRange().getLastColumn();
Logger.log('getLastColumn = ' + drCol); //DEBUG
for (var i = drCol; i >= 1; i--) {
if (mainSheet.getRange(cell.getRow(), i).getValue() != "") {
break;
}
}
var lastColumn = i;
Logger.log("Last column with data = " + lastColumn); //DEBUG
var setrgh = mainSheet
// numColumns neds to be reviewed
var dataRange = mainSheet.getRange(startRow, 1, Rowlast + 1, 120); //rowStart, columnStart, row count, column count, the column count needs to be large enough to encompass all your ancillary data
// start row = 5, 1= column A, 4, rows, 120, columns
Logger.log("startRow = " + startRow + ", and the datarange = " + dataRange.getA1Notation()); //DEBUG
var data = dataRange.getValues();
Logger.log("length of data =" + data.length); //DEBUG
var lastid = 0;
for (i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
if (i == 0) {
// if this is the first row, then assign anything but zero to last id
lastid = 100;
Logger.log(" this is the first row; set last id to 100");
}
var thisid = data[i][0];
// evaluate whether this is a duplicate ID
if (thisid == lastid) {
// this is a dup
Logger.log("i=" + i + ". This is a dup" + ", name is " + data[i][2]); //DEBUG
var stufftocopyrange = mainSheet.getRange(startRow + i, 3, 1, 3);
var stufftocopy = stufftocopyrange.getValues();
Logger.log("the range to copy is " + stufftocopyrange.getA1Notation()); //DEBUG
var targetrange = mainSheet.getRange(startRow + lastid - 1, lastColumn + 1, 1, 3);
targetrange.setValues(stufftocopy);
lastColumn = lastColumn + 3;
var duprange = mainSheet.getRange(startRow + i, 1, 1, 5);
Logger.log("the range to clear is " + duprange.getA1Notation()); //DEBUG
duprange.clearContent();
} else {
// no dup
//assign lastid value
var lastid = thisid;
Logger.log("i=" + i + ". No dup. Last id set to " + lastid); // DEBUG
} // if
} // end for loop
}
BEFORE
AFTER

The solutions previously posted didn't quite get the result I needed, however I managed to cobble together something that works for my purposes. It expects to see data in the format like:
And turn it into something like this:
Where it uses duplicate ID numbers (with an indeterminite number of duplicates) to pull only certain columns of data from the duplicate lines and append it to the first line.
function stripMiner() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById("1WDPoTICQvdruxfhAwHLtA51fz05DqyZ-NhNfpAyPO6Y");
var mainSheet = ss.getSheetByName("Main");
var startRow = 5;
var numRows = mainSheet.getLastRow();//obtains the last row in the sheet
var setrgh = mainSheet
var dataRange = mainSheet.getRange(startRow, 1,3,120); //rowStart, columnStart, row count, column count, the columncount needs to be large enough to encompass all your ancillary data
var data = dataRange.getValues();
var iter = 0;
var maxItRow = 4;
var prevIdNum = 0;
var dupCount = 1;
var cc1 = "P5"; //Cells to dump check values into
var cc2 = "P6";
var dumpRow = startRow;
//if (numRows >= maxItRow){var maxIter = maxItRow;}
for (i in data){
if (iter != maxItRow){ //making sure we haven't gone over the iteration limit
var row = data[i];
var idNum = (row[0]);
var jCount = 0; //resets icount if the id number is different icount is used to skip some cells in a row
if (idNum == prevIdNum){//only proceed if we've hit another line with the same ID number
dupCount = +1; //increment the dupcount value
mainSheet.getRange(cc2).setValue("dupCount"+dupCount); //dupcount check value
var rowIterStart = 5; //RowIterStart is used to add to rowiter, EG if your data is 20 columns wide, and you start transposing from column 4, then this will want to be about 17
var rowIter = 1;
for (j in row){
if (jCount >= 2){ //the integer here is the column where it will begin to transpose data
mainSheet.getRange(dumpRow-2,(rowIterStart*dupCount)+(rowIter)).setValue(row[j]); //startRow+(iter-dupCount)
mainSheet.getRange(cc1).setValue("dumprow"+dumpRow);
}
rowIter+=1;
jCount +=1;
}
}
else{
var dupCount = 1;
dumpRow +=1;
}
prevIdNum = (row[0]); //sets the most recently processed rows ID number
}
iter +=1;
}
}
Hopefully someone else who wants to do a similar thing can make use of this too.

How can I change the background color for only the rows that are "true"?

How can I change the background color for only the rows that were (true) as per function checkDate(row) on the originating sheet "Pasco"? Is this possible?
A little bit about the script:
A date range is inputted through function getDateRange(), all rows in sheet "Pasco" is checked for if they meet that date range through function checkDate(row). If it does meet the date range (true), function filterRows() essentially filters the rows from "Pasco" sheet, and moves them over to another sheet "Copy of Pasco".
Another way of asking my question, how can I get a range of all the rows that were "true" in sheet "Pasco". If "Pasco" wasn't sorted by date, this could mean multiple ranges, right? Once I have a range I'd be able to change background easy.
If you are to test the script, please create two sheets, 'Pasco' and 'Copy of Pasco'. In 'Pasco' Starting from row 2, place some dates down column I (column 8). To see the filtering in action. 'Copy of Pasco' will be deleted/created on each run.
Thank you for your time =)
var globalStartDate;
var globalEndDate;
function getDateRange(){
var startui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
var startprompt = startui.prompt('Start Date', 'Enter a date in m/d/y format', startui.ButtonSet.OK_CANCEL);
var startdate = new Date(startprompt.getResponseText());
var startdatemilliseconds = startdate.getTime();
Logger.log(startdate);
Logger.log(startdatemilliseconds);
globalStartDate = startdatemilliseconds;
var endui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
var endprompt = endui.prompt('End Date', 'Enter a date in m/d/y format', endui.ButtonSet.OK_CANCEL);
var enddate = new Date(endprompt.getResponseText());
var enddatemilliseconds = enddate.getTime();
Logger.log(enddate);
Logger.log(enddatemilliseconds);
globalEndDate = enddatemilliseconds;
}
function checkDate(row) {
Logger.log(row[8].getTime() <= globalEndDate && row[8].getTime() >= globalStartDate);
return (row[8].getTime() <= globalEndDate && row[8].getTime() >= globalStartDate); // Check column H
}
function filterRows() {
var Spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet1 = Spreadsheet.getSheetByName('Pasco');
var sheetdelete = Spreadsheet.getSheetByName('Copy of Pasco');
Spreadsheet.deleteSheet(sheetdelete);
Spreadsheet.setActiveSheet(sheet1);
Spreadsheet.duplicateActiveSheet();
var headers = 1; // # rows to skip
var sheet2 = Spreadsheet.getSheetByName('Copy of Pasco');
var range = sheet1.getDataRange();
var data = range.getValues();
var headerData = data.splice(0,headers); // Skip header rows
getDateRange();
var filteredData = data.filter( checkDate );
var outputData = headerData.concat(filteredData); // Put headers back
Logger.log(filteredData)
sheet2.clearContents(); // Clear content, keep format
// Save filtered values
sheet2.getRange(1, 1, outputData.length, outputData[0].length).setValues(outputData);
}

Sorry I don't have time to read through your code and give you a complete answer but you could just add a loop to go through the sheet and set the background colour of each row with 'true'.
In my script below I assume 'true' is in column A.
function myFunction() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getActiveSheet();
var data = sheet.getRange(1, 1, sheet.getLastRow()).getValues();
var lastCol = sheet.getMaxColumns();
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i ++){
if(data[i][0] == true){
sheet.getRange(i + 1, 1, 1, lastCol).setBackground('Yellow');
}
}
}
EDIT
Insert this code after you call getDateRange() in the filter rows function.
var lastCol = sheet1.getMaxColumns();
for(var i = headers; i < data.length ; i++){
if(data[i][8].getTime() <= globalEndDate && data[i][8].getTime() >= globalStartDate){
sheet1.getRange(i, 1, 1, lastCol).setBackground('Yellow');
}
}
Your filter rows function should now look like this:
function filterRows() {
var Spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet1 = Spreadsheet.getSheetByName('Pasco');
var sheetdelete = Spreadsheet.getSheetByName('Copy of Pasco');
Spreadsheet.deleteSheet(sheetdelete);
Spreadsheet.setActiveSheet(sheet1);
Spreadsheet.duplicateActiveSheet();
var headers = 1; // # rows to skip
var sheet2 = Spreadsheet.getSheetByName('Copy of Pasco');
var range = sheet1.getDataRange();
var data = range.getValues();
var headerData = data.splice(0,headers); // Skip header rows
getDateRange();
var lastCol = sheet1.getMaxColumns();
for(var i = headers; i < data.length ; i++){
if(data[i][8].getTime() <= globalEndDate && data[i][8].getTime() >= globalStartDate){
sheet1.getRange(i + headers, 1, 1, lastCol).setBackground('Yellow');
}
}
var filteredData = data.filter( checkDate );
var outputData = headerData.concat(filteredData); // Put headers back
Logger.log(filteredData)
sheet2.clearContents(); // Clear content, keep format
// Save filtered values
sheet2.getRange(1, 1, outputData.length, outputData[0].length).setValues(outputData);
}

Get the spreadsheet row for a matched value

I'm new to Google Apps Script & I'm trying to make a script for a spreadsheet where I can get the range for the matched value. But there's no function for the cell value like .getRow() or .getRange() or something like this since it's a string value. Here are my codes,
function getInfo() {
var ss1 = sheet1.getSheetByName("Sheet1");
var ss2 = sheet2.getSheetByName("Rates");
var getCountry = ss1.getRange(ss1.getLastRow(), 11).getValue();
var countryRange = ss2.getRange(2, 1, ss2.getLastRow(), 1).getValues();
var getZone = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < countryRange.length; i++) {
if (countryRange[i] == getCountry) {
var getrow_cr = countryRange[i].getRow(); //.getRow() doesn't apply here for string value
getZone = ss2.getRange(getrow_cr + 1, 2).getValue();
}
}
Logger.log(getZone);
}
How can I get the row for the matched string so that I can get the cell value beside the matched cell value?

Your looping variable i starts at 0, which in your case is equivalent to Row 2. To help keep that clear, you could use a named variable to track the first row with data:
var firstrow = 2;
Then when you find a match, the spreadsheet row it's in is i + firstrow.
Updated code:
function getInfo() {
var ss1 = sheet1.getSheetByName("Sheet1");
var ss2 = sheet2.getSheetByName("Rates");
var getCountry = ss1.getRange(ss1.getLastRow(), 11).getValue();
var firstrow = 2;
var countryRange = ss2.getRange(firstrow, 1, ss2.getLastRow(), 1).getValues();
var getZone = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < countryRange.length; i++) {
if (countryRange[i][0] == getCountry) {
var getrow_cr = i + firstrow;
getZone = ss2.getRange(getrow_cr, 2).getValue();
break; // Found what we needed; exit loop
}
}
Logger.log(getZone);
}
Since countryRange is a two-dimensional array with one element in each row, the correct way to reference the value in row i is countryRange[i][0]. If you instead just compare countryRange[i], you are relying on the JavaScript interpreter to coerce the "row" into a String object.