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Using map and filter to get an array of indices corresponding to 'true' values in a boolean mask

I am working on a Google Spreadsheet where I want to do the following action:
I have 2 row ranges: 'source' and 'dest'. In the 'source' range there are 6 cells that represent dice so they have values between 1 and 6.
My problem is to create a function that essentially copies any of the dice that have a value below some number to the 'dest' range.
My original solution was a loop through the 'source' range using copyTo as follows:
function discard_lesser_dice(cutoff_value){
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()
var source = ss.getRangeByName('source');
var dest = ss.getRangeByName('dest');
for (var i = 1; i <= statusrow.getNumColumns(); i++) {
var srccell = source.getCell(1, i);
if (srccell.getValue() < cuttoff_value)){
srccell.copyTo(get_next_available_cell(dest));
}
}
}
function get_next_available_cell(range){
for (var i = 1; 1 <= range.getNumColumns(); i++){
var cell = range.getCell(1, i)
if (cell.isBlank()){
return cell
}
}
}
This does the job, but a bit slower than I would like, due to the number of .getCell calls I suspect. In the interest of learning more Google Apps Script/Javascript (I'm more familiar with Python/R) I am trying to streamline this code using map and filter methods instead as follows (and this seems to actually work):
function discard_lesser_dice(cutoff_value){
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var source = ss.getRangeByName('source');
var dest = ss.getRangeByName('dest');
var sourcevals = source.getValues()[0];
var destvals = dest.getValues()[0];
// true if value should be discarded
var mask_source = sourcevals.map((x) => (x < cutoff_value));
// true if spot is available
var mask_dest = destvals.map((x) => (x == ''));
var source_indices = mask_source.map((bool, i) => bool ? i : -1).filter(i => i !== -1);
var dest_indices = mask_dest.map((bool, i) => bool ? i : -1).filter(i => i !== -1);
source_indices.forEach((x, i) => source.getCell(1, x+1).copyTo(dest.getCell(1, dest_indices[i]+1)))
}
My main question is, is this approach missing some tools that would have been better to use here?
The main thought I have is that the method of getting an array of indices of the 'true' values in a mask seems to be pretty hacky (i.e. mask.map((bool, i) => bool ? i : -1).filter(i => i !== -1) which I found here)
Is there a proper way to do this? Or do I need to do this at all in this scenario and am missing a more obvious way to solve the problem? Thanks for your help if
you don't mind offering it.

Is this what you wish to do:
function movebelowN(n) {
var n=n||6;
const ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
const sh=ss.getActiveSheet();
const srg=sh.getRange(1,1,1,6);
const drg=sh.getRange(2,1,1,6);
let dvs=drg.getValues();
let svs=srg.getValues();
svs.forEach(function(d,i){
d.forEach(function(v,j){
if(v<n){
dvs[i][j]=v;
}else{
dvs[i][j]='';
}
});
});
drg.setValues(dvs);
}

Javascript pull data from string?

I have a long URL that contains some data that I need to pull. I am able to get the end of the URL by doing this:
var data = window.location.hash;
When I do alert(data); I receive a long string like this:
#access_token=0u2389ruq892hqjru3h289r3u892ru3892r32235423&token_type=Bearer&expires_in=3600
note in the example the access token is not valid, just random numbers I input for example purpose
Now that I have that long string stored in a variable, how can I parse out just the access token value, so everything in between the first '=' and '&. So this is what I need out of the string:
0u2389ruq892hqjru3h289r3u892ru3892r32235423
I was reading up on php explode, and others java script specific stuff like strip but couldn't get them to function as needed. Thanks guys.

DEMO (look in your debug console)
You will want to split the string by the token '&' first to get your key/value pairs:
var kvpairs = document.location.hash.substring(1).split('&');
Then, you will want to split each kvpair into a key and a value:
for (var i = 0; i < kvpairs.length; i++) {
var kvpair = kvpairs[i].split('=');
var k = kvpair[0];
var v = kvpair[1];
if (k != 'access_token')
continue;
console.log(v); //Here's your access token.
}
Here is a version wrapped into a function that you can use easily:
function getParam(hash, key) {
var kvpairs = hash.substring(1).split('&');
for (var i = 0; i < kvpairs.length; i++) {
var kvpair = kvpairs[i].split('=');
var k = kvpair[0];
var v = kvpair[1];
if (k != key)
continue;
return v;
}
return null;
}
Usage:
getParam(document.location.hash, 'access_token');

data.split("&")[0].split("=")[1]

var str = "#access_token=0u2389ruq892hqjru3h289r3u892ru3892r32235423&token_type=Bearer&expires_in=3600";
var requiredValue = str.split('&')[0].split('=')[1];

I'd use regex in case value=key pair changes position
var data = "#token_type=Bearer&access_token=0u2389ruq892hqjru3h289r3u892ru3892r32235423&expires_in=3600";
RegExp("access_token=([A-Za-z0-9]*)&").exec(data)[1];
output
"0u2389ruq892hqjru3h289r3u892ru3892r32235423"

Looks like I'm a bit late on this. Here's my attempt at a version that parses URL parameters into a map and gets any param by name.
var str = "#access_token=0u2389ruq892hqjru3h289r3u892ru3892r32235423&token_type=Bearer&expires_in=3600";
function urlToMap(url){
var startIndex = Math.max(url.lastIndexOf("#"), url.lastIndexOf("?"));
url = url.substr(startIndex+1);
var result = {};
url.split("&").forEach(function(pair){
var x = pair.split("=");
result[x[0]]=x[1];
});
return result;
}
function getParam(url, name){
return urlToMap(url)[name];
}
console.log(getParam(str, "access_token"));

To answer to your question directly (what's between this and that), you would need to use indexOf and substring functions.
Here's a little piece of code for you.
function whatsBetween (_strToSearch, _leftText, _rightText) {
var leftPos = _strToSearch.indexOf(_leftText) + _leftText.length;
var rightPos = _strToSearch.indexOf(_rightText, leftPos);
if (leftPos >= 0 && leftPos < rightPos)
return _strToSearch.substring(leftPos, rightPos);
return "";
}
Usage:
alert(whatsBetween, data,"=","#");
That said, I'd rather go with a function like crush's...

try this
var data = window.location.hash;
var d1 = Array();
d1 = data.split("&")
var myFilteredData = Array();
for( var i=0;i<d1.length;i++ )
{
var d2 = d1[i].split("=");
myFilteredData.push(d2[1]); //Taking String after '='
}
I hope it helps you.

Javascript string manipulation url

My problem is I am trying to extract certain things from the url. I am currently using
window.location.href.substr()
to grab something like "/localhost:123/list/chart=2/view=1"
What i have now, is using the index positioning to grab the chart and view value.
var chart = window.location.href.substr(-8);
var view = window.location.href.substr(-1);
But the problem comes in with I have 10 or more charts. The positioning is messed up. Is there a way where you can ask the code to get the string between "chart=" and the closest "/"?

var str = "/localhost:123/list/chart=2/view=1";
var data = str.match(/\/chart=([0-9]+)\/view=([0-9]+)/);
var chart = data[1];
var view = data[2];
Of course you may want to add in some validation checks before using the outcome of the match.
Inspired by Paul S. I have written a function version of my answer:
function getPathVal(name)
{
var path = window.location.pathname;
var regx = new RegExp('(?:/|&|\\?)'+name+'='+'([^/&,]+)');
var data = path.match(regx);
return data[1] || null;
}
getPathVal('chart');//2
Function should work for fetching params from standard get parameter syntax in a URI, or the syntax in your example URI

Here's a way using String.prototype.indexOf
function getPathVar(key) {
var str = window.location.pathname,
i = str.indexOf('/' + key + '=') + key.length + 2,
j = str.indexOf('/', i);
if (i === key.length + 1) return '';
return str.slice(i, j);
}
// assuming current path as described in question
getPathVar('chart');

You could split your string up, with "/" as delimiter and then loop through the resulting array to find the desired parameters. That way you can easily extract all parameters automatically:
var x = "/localhost:123/list/chart=2/view=1";
var res = {};
var spl = x.split("/");
for (var i = 0; i < spl.length; i++) {
var part = spl[i];
var index = part.indexOf("=");
if (index > 0) {
res[part.substring(0, index)] = part.substring(index + 1);
}
}
console.log(res);
// res = { chart: 2, view: 1}
FIDDLE

Transform a string into array using javascript

I have a string like this:
string = "locations[0][street]=street&locations[0][street_no]=
34&locations[1][street]=AnotherStreet&locations[1][street_no]=43";
What must I do with this string so i can play with locations[][] as I wish?

You could write a parser:
var myStr = "locations[0][street]=street&locations[0][street_no]=34&locations[1][street]=AnotherStreet&locations[1][street_no]=43";
function parseArray(str) {
var arr = new Array();
var tmp = myStr.split('&');
var lastIdx;
for (var i = 0; i < tmp.length; i++) {
var parts = tmp[i].split('=');
var m = parts[0].match(/\[[\w]+\]/g);
var idx = m[0].substring(1, m[0].length - 1);
var key = m[1].substring(1, m[1].length - 1);
if (lastIdx != idx) {
lastIdx = idx;
arr.push({});
}
arr[idx * 1][key] = parts[1];
}
return arr;
}
var myArr = parseArray(myStr);

As Shadow wizard said, using split and eval seems to be the solution.
You need to initialize locations first, if you want to avoid an error.
stringArray=string.split("&");
for (var i=0;i<stringArray.length;i++){
eval(stringArray[i]);
}
However, you might need to pay attention to what street and street_no are.
As is, it will produce an error because street is not defined.
Edit: and you'll need to fully initialize locations with as many item as you'll have to avoid an error.

Javascript token replace/append

I have a string that looks something like the following 'test:1;hello:five;just:23'. With this string I need to be able to do the following.
....
var test = MergeTokens('test:1;hello:five;just:23', 'yes:23;test:567');
...
The end result should be 'test:567;hello:five;just:23;yes:23' (note the exact order of the tokens is not that important).
Just wondering if anyone has any smart ideas of how to go about this. I was thinking a regex replace on each of the tokens on right and if a replace didn't occur because there was not match just append it. But maybe there is better way.
Cheers
Anthony
Edit: The right side should override the left. The left being what was originally there and the right side being the new content. Another way of looking at it, is that you only keep the tokens on the left if they don't exist on the right and you keep all the tokens on the right.
#Ferdinand
Thanks for the reply. The problem is the efficiency with which the solution you proposed. I was initially thinking down similar lines but discounted it due to the O(n*z) complexity of the merge (where n and z is the number tokens on the left and right respectively) let alone the splitting and joining.
Hence why I was trying to look down the path of a regex. Maybe behind the scenes, regex is just as bad or worse, but having a regex which removes any token from the left string that exists on the right (O(n) for the total amount of token on the right) and then just add the 2 string together (i.e. vat test = test1 + test2) seems more efficient. thanks

I would use join() and split() to create some utility functions to pack and unpack your token data to an object:
// Unpacks a token string into an object.
function splitTokens(str) {
var data = {}, pairs = str.split(';');
for (var i = 0; i < pairs.length; ++i) {
var pair = pairs[i].split(':');
data[pair[0]] = pair[1];
}
return data;
}
// Packs an object into a token string.
function joinTokens(data) {
var pairs = [];
for (var key in data) {
pairs.push(key + ":" + data[key]);
}
return pairs.join(';');
}
Using these, merging is easy:
// Merges all token strings (supports a variable number of arguments).
function mergeTokens() {
var data = {};
for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; ++i) {
var d = splitTokens(arguments[i]);
for (var key in d) {
data[key] = d[key];
}
}
return joinTokens(data);
}
The utility functions are also useful if you want to extract some keys (say,"test") and/or check for existence:
var data = splitTokens(str);
if (data["test"] === undefined) {
// Does not exist
} else {
alert("Value of 'test': " + data["test"]);
}

The following is what I ended thiking about. What do you guys recon?
Thanks
Anthony
function Tokenizer(input, tokenSpacer, tokenValueSpacer) {
this.Tokenizer = {};
this.TokenSpacer = tokenSpacer;
this.TokenValueSpacer = tokenValueSpacer;
if (input) {
var TokenizerParts = input.split(this.TokenSpacer);
var i, nv;
for (i = 0; i < TokenizerParts.length; i++) {
nv = TokenizerParts[i].split(this.TokenValueSpacer);
this.Tokenizer[nv[0]] = nv[1];
}
}
}
Tokenizer.prototype.add = function(name, value) {
if (arguments.length == 1 && arguments[0].constructor == Object) {
this.addMany(arguments[0]);
return;
}
this.Tokenizer[name] = value;
}
Tokenizer.prototype.addMany = function(newValues) {
for (nv in newValues) {
this.Tokenizer[nv] = newValues[nv];
}
}
Tokenizer.prototype.remove = function(name) {
if (arguments.length == 1 && arguments[0].constructor == Array) {
this.removeMany(arguments[0]);
return;
}
delete this.Tokenizer[name];
}
Tokenizer.prototype.removeMany = function(deleteNames) {
var i;
for (i = 0; i < deleteNames.length; i++) {
delete this.Tokenizer[deleteNames[i]];
}
}
Tokenizer.prototype.MergeTokenizers = function(newTokenizer) {
this.addMany(newTokenizer.Tokenizer);
}
Tokenizer.prototype.getTokenString = function() {
var nv, q = [];
for (nv in this.Tokenizer) {
q[q.length] = nv + this.TokenValueSpacer + this.Tokenizer[nv];
}
return q.join(this.TokenSpacer);
}
Tokenizer.prototype.toString = Tokenizer.prototype.getTokenString;

i am a few years late, but i think this is what you are looking for:
function MergeTokens(input, replace){
var replaceTokens = replace.split(";");
for(i=0; i<replaceTokens.length; i++){
var pair = replaceTokens[i].split(":");
var result = input;
regString = "\\b" + pair[0] + ":[\\w]*\\b";
var reg = new RegExp(regString);
if(reg.test(result)){
result = result.replace(reg, replaceTokens[i]);
}
else{
result = result + replaceTokens[i];
}
}
return result;
}