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How to retrieve a particular row from an array in google apps script?

I am using google sheets quite a lot, but now I am trying to use google apps script to get and update dynamic data retrieved from formulas into a static table.
So, I have a sheet called 'dynamique', with formulas retrieving, filtering and sorting data from other spreadsheets.
I want to be able to work on this data, so I am trying to create a button which would copy all the values from the 'dynamique' sheet into another sheet called 'statique'. That is, I want a formula which would check if the values from the column C of the 'dynamique' sheet are in the column C of the 'statique' sheet. And if the values aren't there, I want the script to copy them. (columns A and B are empty)
I've managed to get my script to work for one column, but now, I want to copy the whole line.
For example, if the value in dynamique!C10 can't be found in statique!C:C, my script writes the value of dynamique!C10 in the first empty cell of the column statique!C:C. But I want it to write dynamique!C10:J10 into my destination sheet (say it's going to be maybe statique!C8:J8).
Here is my code, working for only one cell.
function dynamicToStatic() {
var dynSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("dynamique");
var staSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("statique");
var dynLength = dynSheet.getRange("C1:C").getValues().filter(String).length;//.getLastRow();
var staLength = staSheet.getRange("C1:C").getValues().filter(String).length;
var staRange = staSheet.getRange(6,3,staLength-1);
var staValues = staRange.getValues();
var rangeToCheck = dynSheet.getRange(6,3,dynLength-1,8);
var valuesToCheck = rangeToCheck.getValues();
var numRows = rangeToCheck.getNumRows();
var staNumRows = staRange.getNumRows();
for (i = 0; i<= numRows; i++) {
var row = valuesToCheck[i];
var index = ArrayLib.indexOf(staValues , -1 , row);
if (index == -1) {
//if (staValues.indexOf(row) != -1) {
staSheet.getRange(i+6,3,1,8).setValues(row);
}
}
var timestamp = new Date();
staSheet.getRange(4,3).setValue('List updated on the: '+timestamp);
}
Now I can't manage to retrieve the whole line of the array, so as to be able to copy it using range.setValues(). I always get error messages.
Any help would be more than appreciated...

function gettingFullRows() {
const ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
const sh=ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');
const shsr=2;//data startrow
const vA=sh.getRange(shsr,1,sh.getLastRow()-shsr+1,sh.getLastColumn()).getValues();
let html='';
vA.forEach((r,i)=>{
html+=Utilities.formatString('<br />Row:%s is %s',i+shsr,r.join(','));
});
SpreadsheetApp.getUi().showModelessDialog(HtmlService.createHtmlOutput(html), "Row");
}

So i did some re-writing to your code and made some comments in there. I hope this will make some things clear.
Array's are 0 indexed. So if the value is NOT found in the .indexOf then it would return -1. Also (for speed) i first push all the result to a array and then set the array in one "action" this saves a lot of time. The calls to and from a sheet takes the most time.
For the conversion to a 1d array i used spread operator
See this link for difference in const / var / let
The timestamp string i updated with the use of Template literals
If you have some questions, shoot! (also i did not test this ofcourse)
function dynamicToStatic() {
const dynSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("dynamique");
const staSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("statique");
const dynValues = dynSheet.getRange(1,3,dynSheet.getLastRow(),8).getValues();
//This is a 2d array
const staRaw = staSheet.getRange(6, 3, staSheet.getLastRow()).getValues();
//Convert to 1d array, for the indexoff later on, this way it is easier.
const staValues = [].concat(...staRaw);
//to store the output, as a 2d array, inside the if you see i push it in as array so you have the 2d array for the setValues.
const output = [];
for (let i = 0; i < dynValues.length; i++){
//i = the index of the array (row) inside the array of rows, the 0 would be the values of column C.
if (staValues.indexOf(dynValues[i][0]) >= 0){
output.push([dynValues[i]]);
}
}
//Start by the lastrow + 1, column C(3), ouput is a array of arrays(rows), then get the [0].lengt for the columns inside the row array.
staSheet.getRange(staSheet.getLastRow()+1, 3, output.length, output[0].lenght).setValues(output);
const timestamp = new Date();
staSheet.getRange(4,3).setValue(`List updated on the: ${timestamp}`);
}

Google Script loop overwriting all rows

I've written a script to read data from a website using an API and i'd like to write the output in a google sheet. There are 4 data items per ID of a json object and i'd like to write them to 4 columns, C - F, starting in row 2 until row 32.

I believe your goal as follows.
You want to put the values of [current_price,forecast,demand,available_shares] from the cell "C2" on the active sheet.
For this, how about this answer?
Modification points:
In your script, the value is put to the Spreadsheet with for (i = 2; i < 33; i++) {} every each stockId. By this, the old value is overwritten by the next value. I think that this is the reason of your issue.
I think that in your case, the following flow can be used.
An array is prepared before the for loop.
Put the value of [current_price,forecast,demand,available_shares] to the array.
When the for loop is finished, the array is put to the Spreadsheet.
By this flow, the value of each stockId is put to the array, and then, the array is put to the Spreadsheet. When above points are reflected to your script, it becomes as follows.
Modified script:
function myFunction() {
let values = []; // Added
for (let stockId = 1; stockId < 32; stockId++) {
if (stockId == 24) continue;
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch("https://api.torn.com/torn/" + stockId + "?selections=stocks&key=" + API);
var content = response.getContentText();
var json = JSON.parse(content);
var current_price = json["stocks"][stockId]["current_price"];
var forecast = json["stocks"][stockId]["forecast"];
var demand = json["stocks"][stockId]["demand"];
var available_shares = json["stocks"][stockId]["available_shares"];
values.push([current_price,forecast,demand,available_shares]); // Added
}
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet(); // Added
ss.getRange("C2:F" + (values.length + 1)).setValues(values); // Added
}
Reference:
setValues(values)

Return an array of (edited) matched items of two other arrays and (unedited) non-matched items

My goal
I'm trying to link rows in two different sheets in the same spreadsheet according to a value in a cell. The basic idea is that if a value in column B in Sheet1 has a matched value in column B in Sheet2, an hyperlink should be added to the cell with the matched value in Sheet1 linking to the whole row of the matched value in the Sheet2.
What I did
As you can see from the code below, it looks for the matches, if it's found, it edits the matched values to add the hyperlinks. I don't only want to push the "linked" matched values into the new array, I also want the non-matched values without the link. The idea is that the link will be added if a match is found, otherwise the value will still be added, just without the link.
function linkToContacts(){
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var Sheet1 = ss.getSheetByName("Sheet1");
var Sheet2 = ss.getSheetByName("Sheet2");
var Sheet2ID = Sheet2.getSheetId();
var arrSheet1 = Sheet1.getRange(4,2,Sheet1.getLastRow()-3).getValues(); // -3 because I have 3 row as headers before the data, which start in row 4 col B
var arrSheet2 = Sheet2.getRange(4,2,Sheet2.getLastRow()-3).getValues(); // -3 because I have 3 row as headers before the data, which start in row 4 col B
var arrOutput = [];
for(var i = 0; i<arrSheet1.length;i++){
for(var j = 0; j<arrSheet2.length;j++) {
if(arrSheet1[i][0] === arrSheet2[j][0]){
arrOutput.push(['=HYPERLINK("#gid=' + Sheet2ID + '&range=' + Sheet2.getRange(j+4,2,1,Sheet2.getLastColumn()-1).getA1Notation() + '";"' + arrSheet1[i][0] + '")']);
} else {
arrOutput.push([arrSheet1[i][0]]);
}
}
}
Sheet1.getRange(4,2,Sheet1.getLastRow()).clearContent();
Sheet1.getRange(4,2,arrOutput.length).setValues(arrOutput);
}
The problem
The two arrays contain only unique values respectively. The problem is that, because of the double loop, each item is checked by the length of arrSheet2. So for instance let's imagine this scenario:
var arrSheet1 = [apple,avocado,banana];
var arrSheet2 = [apple,banana,mango,];
the arrOutput will result in:
arrOutput = [
apple(link),apple,apple,
avocado,avocado,avocado,
banana(link),banana,banana
];
In a quick, probably unelegant, way to solve the issue I've tried to delete the duplicates frm arrOutput but obviously the value with the link and the values without are different so the best it can get with this solution is this:
arrOutput = [
apple(link),apple,
avocado,
banana(link),banana
];
Question
Is there a smarter/more efficient way to get to
arrOutput = [apple(link),avocado,banana(link)];
or in case what I'm doing actually makes sense, what I should do to get to the result above?

You could use Array.prototype.filter to create a new array that contains only matching elements. If no elements are found this will return an empty array.
var arrSheet1 = ['apple','avocado','banana'];
var arrSheet2 = ['apple','banana','mango'];
var intersect = arrSheet1.filter(function (element) {
return arrSheet2.includes(element);
});
// ['apple','banana']
Or without an Array.prototype.includes polyfill:
var intersect = arrSheet1.filter(function (element) {
return arrSheet2.indexOf(element) !== -1);
})

Issue:
Double looping and pushing array elements multiple times
Solution:
Use break and conditional if statements to control logic
Flow:
If hyperlink is pushed, break the second sheet loop
Only push Sheet1 element if there's no hyperlinks in Sheet2(i.e., Wait till the last element of Sheet2 is iterated)
Snippet:
for(var i = 0; i<arrSheet1.length;i++){
for(var j = 0, k = arrSheet2.length-1; j<=k; j++) {// modified
if(arrSheet1[i][0] === arrSheet2[j][0]){
arrOutput.push(['=HYPERLINK("#gid=' + Sheet2ID + '&range=' + Sheet2.getRange(j+4,2,1,Sheet2.getLastColumn()-1).getA1Notation() + '";"' + arrSheet1[i][0] + '")']);
break; //break j loop to continue next i loop
} else if(j === k){//push sheet1 only on the last element
arrOutput.push([arrSheet1[i][0]]);
}
}
}
Note:
Use of objects {} might be better. Convert sheet2 array to object {val1:hash,val2:hash,...}. Then you can easily check if sheet1 elements are present in sheet2 using in

Apps Script doesn't compare 2 values in if-statement

I've created a new project that should compare a name from Sheet1 with a list of names in Sheet2 and check if the name is already in that list. For that I chose a for-loop to get through the list in Sheet2 and compare every list entry with the name from Sheet1. Only if the name already exists in the list stuff should happen.
function myFunction() {
var tabSheet1 = 'Sheet1';
var tabSheet2 = 'Sheet2';
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet1 = ss.getSheetByName(tabSheet1);
var sheet2 = ss.getSheetByName(tabSheet2);
var lastRow1 = sheet2.getLastRow() + 1;
var playerNameSheet1 = sheet1.getRange(1, 1).getValue();
for (var j = 1; j < lastRow1; j++) {
var playerNameSheet2 = sheet2.getRange(j, 1).getValue();
if (playerNameSheet2 == playerNameSheet1) {
...stuff...
}
}
}
Now my problem is that it seems like the script isn't able to identify that a name already exists in the list. Both values (playerNameSheet1 and playerNameSheet2) are completely identical (no space or other hidden obstacles), however the script would never continue with stuff in the if-statement. My example name to test my script was "Oliver Baumann".
I'm a bit confused about it - even more, because another comparison a bit later in the script code works just fine.
I've already tried to change the operator into === but that wouldn't work either.
if (playerNameSheet2 === playerNameSheet1) {
...stuff...
}
I've also observed that if I put a dot behind both variables I'm only able to choose further functions with playerNameSheet2, but not with playerNameSheet1. Maybe I did a typing error and am just too blind to see it? I don't know. Anyone an idea how to resolve the issue?
The complete project can be found here. However, a lot of stuff is in german and very rudimental. I just started it and haven't got time to clean it up. Just so you don't wonder.

You will likely benefit from a change to your inspection routine - currently what you have is not scalable due to the slow, repeated calls to the Spreadsheet Service. Use a batch method - getValues() - to return a Javascript Array that contains all the content you could want from your 'master list' of names:
// Create an N x 1 array of arrays, e.g. [ [r1c1], [r2c1], [r3c1], ... [rNc1] ],
// of data in column A in sheet2. There will be blanks at the end if other columns have more data.
var allNames = sheet2.getRange(1, 1, sheet2.getLastRow(), 1).getValues();
To check if the name from the first sheet is present, we can replace this code:
for (var j = 1; j < lastRow1; j++) {
var playerNameSheet2 = sheet2.getRange(j, 1).getValue();
if (playerNameSheet2 == playerNameSheet1) {
/* do stuff */
with this code (note j now starts at 0):
for (var j = 0; j < allNames.length; ++j) {
if (playerNameSheet1 === allNames[j][0]) {
/* do stuff */
If you only need to do stuff on a name once in the function call (e.g. you don't need to execute the loop body twenty times when the sheet 1 name is "Bob" and there are twenty instances of "Bob" on sheet 2), you can simplify checking allNames for a value with the Array#indexOf method. First, one must collapse the "2D" array of arrays of values into an array of values. We want to apply a function to every element of the outer array and construct an array of its outputs, so we choose to call Array#map on it:
var db = allNames.map(function (row) { return row[0]; });
The function we use simply returns the first element of the passed element - i.e. the value in the first column, resulting in an output like [ r1c1, r2c1, r3c1, ... rNc1 ].
The replacement code is then:
if (db.indexOf(playerNameSheet1) === -1) {
console.log({
message: "Did not find '" + playerNameSheet1 + "' in database.",
database: db, original: allNames, searched: playerNameSheet1
});
return;
}
/* do stuff */
Which says "if the name is not on sheet 2, log the failed lookup and then quit running the function." To promote actual logging, the log is sent to Stackdriver, which will keep it for much longer than the native Logger class would.
If your do stuff bits use the j index, you can still obtain that index and use the associated row in sheet 2:
var index = db.indexOf(playerNameSheet1);
if (index === -1) {
console.log({
message: "Did not find '" + playerNameSheet1 + "' in database.",
database: db, original: allNames, searched: playerNameSheet1
});
return;
}
/* do stuff with the user's existing row of data, e.g.
var userDataRow = sheet2.getRange(index + 1, 1, 1, sheet2.getLastColumn()).getValues();
var userData = userDataRow[0];
...
*/
A possible improvement to the indexOf modification, which I leave for you to investigate and/or implement, would be to use an Object to hold the names as "keys" (object properties) and the index of the associated sheet data (or even the data directly) as the associated value of the key-value pair.

you can try to convert data in array and compare in for-loop:
var dataRangeSpieler = sheetSpieler.getDataRange().getValues();
var dataRangeDBSpiele = sheetDBSpieler.getDataRange().getValues();
for (i in dataRangeSpieler ) {
for (j in dataRangeDBSpiele) {
if (dataRangeSpieler[i][1] == dataRangeDBSpiele[j][0]) {
Logger.log(dataRangeSpieler[i][1]); //Oliver Baumann
}
}
}

Google apps script - using for loop to pull data from range based on condition

I'm having an issue pulling the correct values out of a for loop in Google Sheets.
Here's my code:
Note: this is a snippet from a larger function
function sendEmails() {
var trackOriginSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getName();
var getMirSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Miranda");
//Set a new object to hold conditional data
var holdingData = new Object();
//Create function to get values from origin sheet
var returnedValues = function (trackOriginSheet) {
//Load dynamic variables into an object via returnedValues()
if (trackOriginSheet === getMirSheet) {
var startMirRow = 2; // First row of data to process
var numRowsMir = 506; // Number of rows to process
// Fetch the range of cells A2:Z506
var dataRangeMir = getMirSheet.getRange(startMirRow, 1, numRowsMir, 26);
// Fetch values for each cell in the Range.
var dataMir = dataRangeMir.getValues();
for (var k in dataMir) {
var secondRowMir = dataMir[k];
var intRefDescMir = secondRowMir[3];
var intAdminActionsMir = secondRowMir[4];
//Push returned data to holdingData Object
holdingData.selectedData = secondRowMir;
holdingData.refDesc = intRefDescMir;
holdingData.adminActions = intAdminActionsMir;
}
}
}
Here's a copy of the sheet I'm working on
What I need to have happened here first, is track the origin sheet, then create an object to hold data returned from the returnedValues() function. Later, I'll call the properties of this object into a send email function.
The problem is that I need to be able to pull data from the selected sheet dynamically (the "Miranda" sheet in this case.) In other words, when a user selects the "Yes" option in column I of the Miranda sheet, the first thing this script needs to do is pull the values of the variables at the top of the for loop within the same row that the user selected "Yes." Then, I'm pushing that data to a custom object to be called later.
It's apparent to me, that I'm doing it wrong. There's, at least, something wrong with my loop. What have I done? :)
EDIT:
After reviewing the suggestion by VyTautas, here's my attempt at a working loop:
for (var k = 0; k < dataMir.length; k++) {
var mirColI = dataMir[k][8];
var mirRefDesc = dataMir[k][2];
var mirAdminActions = dataMir[k][3];
var mirDates = dataMir[k][4];
if (mirColI === "Yes") {
var activeRowMir = mirColI.getActiveSelection.getRowIndex();
//Pull selected values from the active row when Yes is selected
var mirRefDescRange = getMirSheet.getRange(activeRowMir, mirRefDesc);
var mirRefDescValues = mirRefDescRange.getValues();
var mirAdminActionsRange = getMirSheet.getRange(activeRowMir, mirAdminActions);
var mirAdminActionsValues = mirAdminActionsRange.getValues();
var mirDatesRange = getMirSheet.getRange(activeRowMir, mirDates);
var mirDatesValues = mirAdminActionsRange.getValues();
var mirHoldingArray = [mirRefDescValues, mirAdminActionsValues, mirDatesValues];
//Push mirHoldingArray values to holdingData
holdingData.refDesc = mirHoldingArray[0];
holdingData.adminActions = mirHoldingArray[1];
holdingData.dates = mirHoldingArray[2];
}
}

Where did all that whitespace go in the actual script editor? :D
You already correctly use .getValues() to pull the entire table into an array. What you need to do now is have a for loop go through dataMir[k][8] and simply fetch the data if dataMir[k][8] === 'Yes'. I also feel that it's not quite necessary to use for (var k in dataMir) as for (var k = 0; k < dataMir.length; k++) is a lot cleaner and you have a for loop that guarantees control (though that's probably more a preference thing).
You can also reduce the number of variables you use by having
holdingData.selectedData = mirData[k]
holdingData.refDesc = mirData[k][2] //I assume you want the 3rd column for this variable, not the 4th
holdingData.adminActions = mirData[k][3] //same as above
remember, that the array starts with 0, so if you mirData[k][0] is column A, mirData[k][1] is column B and so on.
EDIT: what you wrote in your edits seems like doubling down on the code. You already have the data, but you are trying to pull it again and some variables you use should give you an error. I will cut the code from the if, although I don't really see why you need to both get the active sheet and sheet by name. If you know the name will be constant, then just always get the correct sheet by name (or index) thus eliminating the possibility of working with the wrong sheet.
var titleMirRows = 1; // First row of data to process
var numRowsMir = getMirSheet.getLastRow(); // Number of rows to process
// Fetch the range of cells A2:Z506
var dataRangeMir = getMirSheet.getRange(titleMirRows + 1, 1, numRowsMir - titleMirRows, 26); // might need adjusting but now it will only get as many rows as there is data, you can do the same for columns too
// Fetch values for each cell in the Range.
var dataMir = dataRangeMir.getValues();
for (var k = 0; k < dataMir.length; k++) {
if (dataMir[k][7] === 'Yes') { //I assume you meant column i
holdingData.refDesc = dataMir[k] //this will store the entire row
holdingData.adminActions = dataMir[k][3] //this stores column D
holdingData.dates = dataMir[k][4] //stores column E
}
}
Double check if the columns I have added to those variables are what you want. As I understood the object stores the entire row array, the value in column called Administrative Actions and the value in column Dates/Periods if Applicable. If not please adjust accordingly, but as you can see, we minimize the work we do with the sheet itself by simply manipulating the entire data array. Always make as few calls to Google Services as possible.