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function specificDataImproved() { | |
// get active spreadsheet | |
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet(); | |
// get active sheet | |
var sheet = ss.getActiveSheet(); | |
// get active cell | |
var activeCell = sheet.getActiveCell(); | |
// find current row for active cell | |
var currentRow = activeCell.getRow(); | |
Logger.log('Current row number is ' + currentRow); | |
// get last column of data | |
var lastCol = sheet.getLastColumn(); | |
Logger.log('Last column number is ' + lastCol); | |
// GET 'Students' DATA ... | |
// get an array of all values on current row via getRange(startRow, startColumn, numRows, numColumns) | |
var theData = sheet.getRange(currentRow, 1, 1, lastCol).getValues()[0]; | |
/* output is a 1-D array, defined by .getValues()[0] meaning there is only 1 set of square brackets | |
containing all the data - typically only suitable for single rows */ | |
Logger.log(theData); | |
// create variables for the specific data required. Number in square bracket used to select relevant piece of data from array. | |
var name = theData[2] + ' ' + theData[1]; // concatenates first & last name | |
var postcode = theData[3]; | |
var gender = theData[4]; | |
var shoesize = theData[6]; | |
// create 2-D array of above student data for later copying into destination 2-D array | |
var output = [ [name], [postcode], [gender], [shoesize] ]; | |
Logger.log(output); | |
// SET 'justOne' VALUES ... | |
// get destination sheet | |
var destSheet = ss.getSheetByName('justOne'); | |
// get justOne destination cells as 2-D array via getRange(startRow, startColumn, numRows, numColumns) and setValues from above 'output' 2-D array | |
var destRange = destSheet.getRange(3, 2, 4, 1).setValues(output); | |
} |
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