I'm attempting to grab the values from a data range, loop over the data, match a value in that data, then based on a matching value, update cell located a few columns over.
I'm able to locate value to match, but I'm having a hard time understanding how to update the cell a few columns over. Below is the code I've gotten so far minus the .setValue piece.
var trackingSS = 'Spreadsheet 1';
var decisionSS = 'Spreadsheet 2';
function grabRequestID() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(decissionSS);
var range = ss.getActiveSheet().getRange(ss.getLastRow(), 2, 1, 1)
var requestID = range.getValue();
return requestID;
}
function managersDecision() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(trackingSS)
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Requests');
var data = sheet.getDataRange().getValues();
var requestID = grabRequestID();
for (var i=0; i < data.length; i++) {
for (var j=0; j < data[i].length; j++) {
if (data[i][j] == requestID) {
Logger.log('found it');
}
}
}
}
As you can see there are two functions. managersDecision() reads in all the data from spreadsheet 1. It then calls grabRequestID() and uses this value (from spreadsheet 2) as the matching criteria as it loops over the data from spreadsheet 1. Currently it will locate and find the match.
What I want to have happen now, is based on the match, go over two columns in the same row and update the cell value to "approved" or "denied" based on successfully finding a match.
I'm a bit lost on how to get it to write to the cell. Should I try and identify the row its in and then work to set the value? Maybe grab the entire row the match is in (into an array) and then rewrite the row?
Any assistance would be appreciated..
To set a value you just need to take in count that you are working with an array that start at zero, but in the spreadsheet we start counting at one. You'll also need to be sure that you are trying to write in an existing cell. So prior writing, add the necessary column.
I didn't wrote the "denied" part as it was going through all the cell of the spreadsheet, but I wrote a second version of the managersDecision function where I only go through one column and here I took care of that denied part.
here the code:
var trackingSS = 'Spreadsheet1';
var decisionSS = 'Spreadsheet2';
function grabRequestID() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(decisionSS);
var range = ss.getActiveSheet().getRange(ss.getLastRow(), 2, 1, 1)
var requestID = range.getValue();
Logger.log("requestID= "+requestID);
return requestID;
}
function managersDecision() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(trackingSS)
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Requests');
var data = sheet.getDataRange().getValues();
var requestID = grabRequestID();
for (var i=0; i < data.length; i++) { // going through all the rows
for (var j=0; j < data[i].length; j++) { // this is going through all the cell of a row
if (data[i][j] == requestID) {
Logger.log('found it');
var row = Number(i)+1;
var col = Number(j)+1+2;
while(sheet.getMaxColumns()<col){
sheet.insertColumnsAfter(sheet.getMaxColumns(),col-sheet.getMaxColumns());
}
sheet.getRange(row, col).setValue("approved");
}
}
}
}
function managersDecision2() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(trackingSS)
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Requests');
var data = sheet.getRange("A:A").getValues()
var requestID = grabRequestID();
var col = 1+2;
while(sheet.getMaxColumns()<col){
sheet.insertColumnsAfter(sheet.getMaxColumns(),col-sheet.getMaxColumns());
}
for (var i=0; i < data.length; i++) { // going through all the rows
var row = 1+i;
if (data[i][0] == requestID) {
Logger.log('found it');
sheet.getRange(row, col).setValue("approved");
}
else if(data[i][0] !=""){
Logger.log(row)
sheet.getRange(row, col).setValue("denied");
}
}
}
Related
I've been jogging my brain trying to figure out how to write this script to transpose data from one sheet to another from a pretty dirty sheet.
There are other questions like this but none seem to be like my particular use case.
This is how the sheet is currently structured (somewhat):
The biggest issue here is I have no concrete idea how many rows a particular group of data will be, But I know there are always a bunch of blank rows between each group of data.
I found a script that took me half way:
function myFunction() {
//Get values of all nonEmpty cells
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var values = ss.getRange("D:D").getValues().filter(String);
//Create object with 3 columns max
var pasteValues = [];
var row = ["","",""];
for (i = 1; i<values.length+1; i++){
row.splice((i%3)-1,1,values[i-1]);
if(i%3 == 0){
pasteValues.push(row);
var row = ["","",""]
}
}
if(row != []){
pasteValues.push(row)
}
//Paste the object in columns A to C
ss.getRange(1,1,pasteValues.length,pasteValues[0].length).setValues(pasteValues);
}
But in that case the asker dataset was fixed. I can loosely say that the max number of rows each group would have is 10(this is an assumption after browsing 3000 rows of the sheet...but if the script can know this automatically then it would be more dynamic). So with that in mind...and after butchering the script...I came up with this...which in no way works how it should currently(not all the data is being copied):
function myFunction() {
var copyfrom = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('copyfrom')
var copyto = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('copyto')
var values = copyfrom.getRange("A:A").getValues().filter(Array);
var pasteValues = [];
var row = [];
for (i = 1; i<values.length; i++){
if(values[i] != ""){
row.push(values[i])
}
Logger.log(row);
if(i%10 == 0){
pasteValues.push(row);
row = []
}
}
if(row != []){
pasteValues.push(row)
}
copyto.getRange(1,1,pasteValues.length,pasteValues[0].length).setValues(pasteValues);
}
I'm pretty sure I should maybe still be using array.splice() but haven't been successful trying to implement it achieve what i want, here's how the transposed sheet should look:
Info:
Each group of addresses inside the "copyfrom" sheet would be separated by at least 1 blank line
The length of an address group is not static, some can have 5 rows, others can have 8, but address groups are always separated by blank rows
Any help is appreciated
You are right to iterate all input values, and I can suggest the similar code:
function myFunction() {
var copyfrom = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('copyfrom')
var copyto = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('copyto')
var values = copyfrom.getRange("A:A").getValues();
var pasteValues = [[]]; // keep result data here
values.forEach(function(v) { // Iterate all input values
// The last row to be filled in currently
var row = pasteValues[pasteValues.length - 1];
if (v[0]) {
row.push(v[0]);
} else if (row.length > 0) {
while (row.length < 10) {
row.push(''); // Adjust row length
}
pasteValues.push([]);
}
});
if (pasteValues[pasteValues.length - 1].length == 0) pasteValues.pop();
copyto.getRange(1, 1, pasteValues.length, pasteValues[0].length).setValues(pasteValues);
}
Solution:
Assuming that every new row begins with Name, you can use this script to rearrange the column:
function myFunction() {
var copyfrom = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('copyFrom');
var copyto = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('copyTo');
var lastRow = copyfrom.getLastRow();
var values = copyfrom.getRange(1,1,lastRow).getValues().filter(Array);
var pasteValues = [];
var row = [];
var maxLen = 1;
// rearrange rows
for (i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
if (values[i] == "Name" && i > 0) {
pasteValues.push(row);
row = [values[i]];
}
else if (values[i] != "") {
row.push(values[i]);
if (row.length > maxLen) {
maxLen = row.length;
}
}
}
pasteValues.push(row);
// append spaces to make the row lengths the same
for (j = 0; j < pasteValues.length; j++) {
while (pasteValues[j].length < maxLen) {
pasteValues[j].push('');
}
}
copyto.getRange(1,1,pasteValues.length,maxLen).setValues(pasteValues);
}
Sample I/O:
As far as I can tell, there is no way to get the columns to line up in the output since you don't have any way to tell the difference between, for example, an "address 2" and a "City".
However, as far as merely grouping and transposing each address. This one formula, in one cell, in the tab here called MK.Help will work from the data you provided. It will work for as many contacts as you have.
=ARRAYFORMULA(QUERY(QUERY({A:A,IFERROR(LOOKUP(ROW(A:A),FILTER(ROW(A:A),A:A="")),0),COUNTIFS(IFERROR(LOOKUP(ROW(A:A),FILTER(ROW(A:A),A:A="")),0),IFERROR(LOOKUP(ROW(A:A),FILTER(ROW(A:A),A:A="")),0),A:A,"<>",ROW(A:A),"<="&ROW(A:A))},"select MAX(Col1) where Col1<>'' group by Col2 pivot Col3",0),"offset 1",0))
I want to remove duplicates across 2 different sheets.
I have my active sheet, and I want to remove duplicates that already exist in my sheet "Blacklist". I want to run this process for both Column A and Column B (or simply for any values across the entire sheets). When a duplicate is found, I want to leave the row in tact but replace the value with '' (e.g. an empty cell).
I have a working version I mangled together, but only for the active sheet.
N.B. it's the findDuplicate function that I use, the removeDuplicate function I left there not to mess anything up :)
// this is a Google Apps Script project
function onOpen() {
var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var menuItems = [
{ name: 'Find duplicates...', functionName: 'findDuplicate' },
{ name: 'Remove duplicates...', functionName: 'removeDuplicate' }
];
spreadsheet.addMenu('Duplicates', menuItems);
}
function removeDuplicate() {
var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var range = sheet.getActiveRange();
var data = range.getValues();
var rowNum = range.getRow();
var columnNum = range.getColumn();
var columnLength = data[0].length;
var uniqueData = [];
var duplicateData = [];
// iterate through each 'row' of the selected range
// x is
// y is
var x = 0;
var y = data.length;
// when row is
while (x < y) {
var row = data[x];
var duplicate = false;
// iterate through the uniqueData array to see if 'row' already exists
for (var j = 0; j < uniqueData.length; j++) {
if (row.join() == uniqueData[j].join()) {
// if there is a duplicate, delete the 'row' from the sheet and add it to the duplicateData array
duplicate = true;
var duplicateRange = sheet.getRange(
rowNum + x,
columnNum,
1,
columnLength
);
duplicateRange.deleteCells(SpreadsheetApp.Dimension.ROWS);
duplicateData.push(row);
// rows shift up by one when duplicate is deleted
// in effect, it skips a line
// so we need to decrement x to stay in the same line
x--;
y--;
range = sheet.getActiveRange();
data = range.getValues();
// return;
}
}
// if there are no duplicates, add 'row' to the uniqueData array
if (!duplicate) {
uniqueData.push(row);
}
x++;
}
}
function findDuplicate() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var range = sheet.getActiveRange();
var data = range.getValues();
var rowNum = range.getRow();
var columnNum = range.getColumn();
var columnLength = data[0].length;
var uniqueData = [];
// iterate through each 'row' of the selected range
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
var row = data[i];
var duplicate = false;
// iterate through the uniqueData array to see if 'row' already exists
for (var j = 0; j < uniqueData.length; j++) {
if (row.join() == uniqueData[j].join()) {
// if there is a duplicate, highlight the 'row' from the sheet
duplicate = true;
var duplicateRange = sheet.getRange(
rowNum + i,
columnNum,
1,
columnLength
);
duplicateRange.setValue('');
}
}
// if there are no duplicates, add 'row' to the uniqueData array
if (!duplicate) {
uniqueData.push(row);
}
}
}
Thanks so much for your help! I've been at this for a few hours and figured I should just ask the experts for advice :)
The first lines of both your removeDuplicate and findDuplicate function seems indeed to indicate that you refer to the active spreadsheet / sheet / range
var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var range = sheet.getActiveRange();
var data = range.getValues();
If you want to be able to use the same function for a given spreadsheet / sheet / range which is not the active one, you will need to use other functions than the getActiveXXX().
For example, to get the sheet named "Blacklist", you should use
sheet = spreadsheet.getSheetByName("Blacklist")
(see also https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/spreadsheet/spreadsheet#getsheetbynamename)
If you want to access a specific range which differs from the active range, you should use the getRange method (see also https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/spreadsheet/spreadsheet#getrangea1notation)
Note that getRange method can be used in different ways, e.g.
getRange("A1:D4"), getRange(1, 1, 3, 3) (the parameters being respectively startRow, startColumn, numRows,numColumns)
Additionally, if you don't want to hardcode the last line of your 2 columns, you will most probably need this function to find the last line in the code :
https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/spreadsheet/spreadsheet#getlastrow
(there is also an example there showing how to use getRange() in combination with getLastRow()).
I hope this will help you going further.
Please note that I didn't check the rest of your code and just assumed that your deduplication logic works fine as you mentioned it in your commment.
Good luck !
I have written that has a for loop that will run additional code if (sheetData[i] !== "").
Ideally, I would like to run the following code after the condition, but then loop back around and run it again for the next item that matches the condition. Any ideas on how I can achieve this?
function getSheetSectionDataTest(){
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Params"); // get sheet
var sheetData = sheet.getDataRange().getValues(); //get all sheet data
var sectionNames = normalizeHeaders(normalizeHeaders(sheet.getRange('A1:A').getValues()));
var sectionData = []; // main array to contain all section data
// create an array for each section
for(h = 0; h < sectionNames.length; h++) {
sectionData[sectionNames[h]] /*property name or key of choice*/
= [];
}
for (var i = 0; i < sheetData.length; i++){ //loop through each row in the spreadsheet
var sectionName = normalizeHeaders(sheetData[i]); //return normalized camelCase section name found in column A.
if (sheetData[i] !== ""){ // Test - stop at a cell that matches the criteria and return the data table.
var headerRow = normalizeHeaders(sheetData[i+1]); //define and normalize the table headers
for (var j = i+2; j < sheetData.length; j++) { //loop through each row in the data table.
if (sheetData[j][1] !== ""){ //if there are contents in the table keep looping.
var obj = {};
sectionData[sectionName[0]].push(obj); // Need to replace ranges with a dynamic variable that gives us the current sectionName value as an object?
for (var rowColumn = 0; rowColumn < headerRow.length; rowColumn++) { //loop through each column in the current row of the table.
obj[headerRow[rowColumn]]=sheetData[j][rowColumn+1];
}
}
else { //stop when an empty cell is reached
return sectionData; //when the data table loop runs into an empty cell stop loop and return the data
}
}
}
}
};
I've just started using Google Apps script to manage some sheets for a project i'm working on, I am new to Javascript so please go easy if there are any howlers in my code!.
We have and app called forms2mobile that captures data and drops it into a Google spreadsheet. It actually drops different data into different sheets depending on which part of the app you use.
I've hacked together a script that pulls all data from one sheet (source), and drops only certain columns into a second sheet (destination). It then deletes all rows from the source, and any blank rows from the destination.
The problem I have is with deleting blank rows from the destination. Typically the destination will have empty rows at the bottom, and the code I have will only delete empty rows within the range that contains data. So i'm always left with empty rows at the bottom.
The destination sheet will then be used as a data source for forms2mobile, which of course isn't happy with empty rows.
I've found the class getMaxRows() but i'm not sure how to implement it. If anyone could make any suggestions that would be great.
Cheers
Paul
function NEW_copyColumnNumbers( ) {
var spreadsheet_source = SpreadsheetApp.openById('1a89ZIUcy-8168D1damCV3Q9Ix0arQn9jGS6pgp');
var spreadsheet_target = SpreadsheetApp.openById('1GQiLt9utSH_6CV__oJwmcLOkI4E9iNIRPWU7Xr');
var range_input = spreadsheet_source.getRange("A2:CC407");
var range_output = spreadsheet_target.getRange("A"+(spreadsheet_target.getLastRow()+1));
var keep_columns = [66,66,10,11,12,13,14,23,26,31,69,71,74,75,80];
copyColumnNumbers(range_input, range_output, keep_columns);
clearEmptyRows();
clearSourceData();
}
function copyColumnNumbers( range_input, range_output, columns_keep_num ) {
// Create an array of arrays containing the values in the input range.
var range_values = range_input.getValues();
// Loop through each inner array.
for ( var i = 0, row_count = range_values.length; i < row_count; i++ ) {
// Loop through the indices to keep and use these indices to
// select values from the inner array.
for ( j = 0, col_keep_count = columns_keep_num.length; j < col_keep_count; j++ ) {
// Capture the value to keep
var keep_val = range_values[i][columns_keep_num[j]];
// Write the value to the output using the offset method of the output range argument.
range_output.offset(i,j).setValue(keep_val);
}
}
}
function clearEmptyRows() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById('1GQiLt9utSH_6CV__oJwmcLOkI4E9iNIRPWU7Xr');
var s = ss.getActiveSheet();
var values = s.getDataRange().getValues();
nextLine: for( var i = values.length-1; i >=0; i-- ) {
for( var j = 0; j < values[i].length; j++ )
if( values[i][j] != "" )
continue nextLine;
s.deleteRow(i+1);
}
//I iterate it backwards on purpose, so I do not have to calculate the indexes after a removal
}
function clearSourceData() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById('1a89ZIUcy-8168D1damCV3Q9Ix0arQn9jGS6pgp');
var s = ss.getActiveSheet();
var data = s.getDataRange().getValues();
for(var n =data.length+1 ; n<0 ; n--){
if(data[n][0]!=''){n++;break}
}
s.deleteRows(2, (s.getLastRow()-1));
}
This is how it works :
function removeEmptyRows(){
var sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var maxRows = sh.getMaxRows();
var lastRow = sh.getLastRow();
sh.deleteRows(lastRow+1, maxRows-lastRow);
}
Note : you can handle columns the same way if necessary using getMaxColumn(), getLastColumn() and deleteColumns(number, howMany)
EDIT
by the way, here is also another way to delete empty rows in a spreadsheet... if you combine both it will "clean" your sheet entirely !
function deleteEmptyRows(){
var sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var data = sh.getDataRange().getValues();
var targetData = new Array();
for(n=0;n<data.length;++n){
if(data[n].join().replace(/,/g,'')!=''){ targetData.push(data[n])};
Logger.log(data[n].join().replace(/,/g,''))
}
sh.getDataRange().clear();
sh.getRange(1,1,targetData.length,targetData[0].length).setValues(targetData);
}
Demo sheet in view only - make a copy to use
Script to removeEmptyRows and removeEmptyColumns in Google Sheets. It puts together everything Serge and apptailor mentioned previously. Here is a sample sheet with the script included File > Make a copy... to edit a copy of the sheet. Also a video that shows you how to use this sheet.
//Remove All Empty Columns in the Entire Workbook
function removeEmptyColumns() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var allsheets = ss.getSheets();
for (var s in allsheets){
var sheet=allsheets[s]
var maxColumns = sheet.getMaxColumns();
var lastColumn = sheet.getLastColumn();
if (maxColumns-lastColumn != 0){
sheet.deleteColumns(lastColumn+1, maxColumns-lastColumn);
}
}
}
//Remove All Empty Rows in the Entire Workbook
function removeEmptyRows() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var allsheets = ss.getSheets();
for (var s in allsheets){
var sheet=allsheets[s]
var maxRows = sheet.getMaxRows();
var lastRow = sheet.getLastRow();
if (maxRows-lastRow != 0){
sheet.deleteRows(lastRow+1, maxRows-lastRow);
}
}
}
Just a quick note, I added this "if" statement to keep Serge insas's code from throwing an error if there is no empty bottom row when you are trying to remove empty rows.
Place this if around the last line function removeEmptyRows() and it
will not throw an error:
if (maxRows-lastRow != 0){
sh.deleteRows(lastRow+1, maxRows-lastRow);
}
Removing all empty lines (bottom-up)
before
after
function isEmptyRow(row){
for (var columnIndex = 0; columnIndex < row.length; columnIndex++){
var cell = row[columnIndex];
if (cell){
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
function removeEmptyLines(sheet){
var lastRowIndex = sheet.getLastRow();
var lastColumnIndex = sheet.getLastColumn();
var maxRowIndex = sheet.getMaxRows();
var range = sheet.getRange(1, 1, lastRowIndex, lastColumnIndex);
var data = range.getValues();
sheet.deleteRows(lastRowIndex+1, maxRowIndex-lastRowIndex);
for (var rowIndex = data.length - 1; rowIndex >= 0; rowIndex--){
var row = data[rowIndex];
if (isEmptyRow(row)){
sheet.deleteRow(rowIndex + 1);
}
}
}
function removeEmptyLinesFromAllSheets(){
SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheets().forEach(removeEmptyLines);
}
Removing only empty lines from below and above the data
before
after
function isEmptyRow(row){
for (var columnIndex = 0; columnIndex < row.length; columnIndex++){
var cell = row[columnIndex];
if (cell){
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
function getFirstNonBlankRowIndex(data){
for (var rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < data.length; rowIndex++){
var row = data[rowIndex];
if (!isEmptyRow(row)){
return rowIndex;
}
}
return 0;
}
function removePaddedEmptyLines(sheet){
var lastRowIndex = sheet.getLastRow();
var lastColumnIndex = sheet.getLastColumn();
var maxRowIndex = sheet.getMaxRows();
var range = sheet.getRange(1, 1, lastRowIndex, lastColumnIndex);
var data = range.getValues();
var firstRowIndex = getFirstNonBlankRowIndex(data);
sheet.deleteRows(lastRowIndex+1, maxRowIndex-lastRowIndex);
sheet.deleteRows(1, firstRowIndex);
}
function removePaddedEmptyLinesFromAllSheets(){
SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheets().forEach(removePaddedEmptyLines);
}
I have tried this piece of code and it works good, you may take a look and try it:
function DeleteBlankRows(){
var sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var maxRows = sh.getMaxRows();
var lastRow = sh.getLastRow();
for (var Raw = 1; Raw < sh.getLastRow() ; Raw++)
{
if( sh.getRange('A'+Raw).getValue() == '')
{
sh.deleteRow(Raw) //deleteRows(lastRow+1, maxRows-lastRow);
}
}
This works perfectly for me.
function removeEmptyRows(){
var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById("IDOFYOURSPREADSHEETFOUNDINURL");
var sh = SpreadsheetApp.setActiveSheet(spreadsheet.getSheets()[0]);
var maxRows = sh.getMaxRows();
var lastRow = sh.getLastRow();
sh.deleteRows(lastRow+1, maxRows-lastRow);
}
This version allows you to specify top rows you don't want removed and also to ignore columns after ignoreAfterCol in case you don't want some columns considered when you are looking for blanks:
function removeEmptyLines(sheet,ignoreFirstRows,ignoreAfterCol){
sheet=ss.getSheetByName('Sheet12')
//get data and boundaries
var allData = sheet.getRange(1,1,sheet.getMaxRows(),ignoreAfterCol).getValues();
var sheetLength = allData.length;
while(allData[allData.length-1].toString().replace(/,/g,'')=='') allData.pop();
var lastPopulatedRow = allData.length;
//delete empty rows from end
var rowsToDeleteFromEnd = sheetLength - lastPopulatedRow;
if(rowsToDeleteFromEnd > 0) sheet.deleteRows(lastPopulatedRow+1,rowsToDeleteFromEnd);
//iterate through rows and delete blanks one by one
for(var i=lastPopulatedRow-1; i>ignoreFirstRows; i--){
if(allData[i].toString().replace(/,/g,'')=='') sheet.deleteRow(i+1);
}
}
this will help to delete exactly what you want:
Plus point:
you can check as many columns as you want to identify if a row is empty
this will also delete blank rows that contain formula
improve performance: this script deletes directly the empty rows according to their position without iteration through all the rows.
function deleteBlankRows(start_row=4) {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
//temporarily insert last column to avoid affecting existing data
sheet.insertColumnsAfter(sheet.getMaxColumns(),1);
var lastRow = findLastRow();
var lastCol = sheet.getMaxColumns()
var temp_col = sheet.getRange(start_row,lastCol,lastRow-start_row,1)
//insert formula to show row position if any row is blank from column A to N (can adjust if needed)
sheet.getRange(start_row,lastCol).setFormula('=if(countif(A'+start_row+':N'+start_row+',"*?")=0,row(),0)').copyTo(temp_col)
//get a reversed list of rows position excluded non-empty rows
var rowsPosition = temp_col.getValues().filter(x => x != 0).reverse()
//delete empty rows from bottom to top
rowsPosition.forEach(function(rowPosition){
if (Number(rowPosition) > start_row) {
sheet.deleteRow(Number(rowPosition))
}
})
//finally, delete the temporary column
sheet.deleteColumn(lastCol)
}
function findLastRow() {
const sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getActiveSheet();
const data = sh.getRange("A:L").getValues();
const mR = sh.getMaxRows();
const indexes = [];
data[0].forEach((_, ci) => {
let col = data.map(d => d[ci]);
let first_index = col.reverse().findIndex(r => r != '');
if (first_index != -1) {
let max_row = mR - first_index;
indexes.push(max_row);
}
});
last_row = indexes.length > 0 ? Math.max(...indexes) : 0;
return last_row;
}
function deleteblankRw(){
var sheet=SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName('test')
var e=sheet.getRange('A'+sheet.getMaxRows()).getNextDataCell(SpreadsheetApp.Direction.UP).getRow()
for (k=2;k<=e;k++) {
if(sheet.getRange('A'+k).getValue()=='') {
sheet.deleteRow(k);
k=2;e--
if(k==e){break};
SpreadsheetApp.flush();
}
}
}
I have been working on a scheduling website for the past few weeks. I am showing the schedules as PHP generated html-tables. I use merged cells for showing events. I have come to a problem when trying to delete events using JS. Since those are merged cells, using rowspan, I have to go through the table and re-adding empty cells whenever there is a need when I delete one. My solution is working fine for when my table contains one merged cell among nothing but empty cells, but with a more complex table, it fails. I can't really grasp what's wrong with it, except that it doesn't correctly find the cellIndex anymore. Does anyone have a clue? Here is what I'm talking about:
http://aturpin.mangerinc.com/table.html
(Click on an event to remove it, or attempt to anyhow)
This sample may help you find your solution. It seems to demonstrate your problem as well as have some sample code to generate a matrix to help you solve it.
EDIT: I liked the puzzle and decided to play with it for a bit, here is a "functioning" example of implementing that sample (although sometimes the table doesn't seem to redraw correctly. This should probably help you get further along the way.
function getTableState(t) {
var matrix = [];
var lookup = {};
var trs = t.getElementsByTagName('TR');
var c;
for (var i=0; trs[i]; i++) {
lookup[i] = [];
for (var j=0; c = trs[i].cells[j]; j++) {
var rowIndex = c.parentNode.rowIndex;
var rowSpan = c.rowSpan || 1;
var colSpan = c.colSpan || 1;
var firstAvailCol;
// initalized the matrix in this row if needed.
if(typeof(matrix[rowIndex])=="undefined") { matrix[rowIndex] = []; }
// Find first available column in the first row
for (var k=0; k<matrix[rowIndex].length+1; k++) {
if (typeof(matrix[rowIndex][k])=="undefined") {
firstAvailCol = k;
break;
}
}
lookup[rowIndex][c.cellIndex] = firstAvailCol;
for (var k=rowIndex; k<rowIndex+rowSpan; k++) {
if(typeof(matrix[k])=="undefined") { matrix[k] = []; }
var matrixrow = matrix[k];
for (var l=firstAvailCol; l<firstAvailCol+colSpan; l++) {
matrixrow[l] = {cell: c, rowIndex: rowIndex};
}
}
}
}
// lets build a little object that has some useful funcitons for this table state.
return {
cellMatrix: matrix,
lookupTable: lookup,
// returns the "Real" column number from a passed in cell
getRealColFromElement: function (cell)
{
var row = cell.parentNode.rowIndex;
var col = cell.cellIndex;
return this.lookupTable[row][col];
},
// returns the "point" to insert at for a square in the perceived row/column
getPointForRowAndColumn: function (row,col)
{
var matrixRow = this.cellMatrix[row];
var ret = 0;
// lets look at the matrix again - this time any row that shouldn't be in this row doesn't count.
for (var i=0; i<col; i++)
{
if (matrixRow[i].rowIndex == row) ret++;
}
return ret;
}
};
}
function scheduleClick(e)
{
if (e.target.className != 'event')
return;
//Get useful info before deletion
var numRows = e.target.rowSpan;
var cellIndex = e.target.cellIndex;
var rowIndex = e.target.parentNode.rowIndex;
var table = e.target.parentNode.parentNode;
var tableState = getTableState(table);
var colIndex = tableState.getRealColFromElement(e.target);
//Deletion
e.target.parentNode.deleteCell(cellIndex);
//Insert empty cells in each row
for(var i = 0; i < numRows; i++)
{
var row = table.rows[rowIndex + i];
row.insertCell(tableState.getPointForRowAndColumn(rowIndex+i, colIndex));
}
}