I am using this to make multiple choice quizzes from questions in sheet, and I would like to add feedback to the wrong answers - the feedback would be in another column in sheets. This quiz example is associated to a sheet in which columns A to F are associated to the questions and answers, where the first answer column is the correct one. I would like to have another column with feedback information if the wrong answer is chosen. Thank you for your help.
function popForm() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
// var sheet = ss.getActiveSheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Sheet1');
var numberRows = sheet.getDataRange().getNumRows();
// Read the sheet data into 3 arrays. Would be better practice (faster performance) to read all into 1 array and divide as needed).
var myQuestions = sheet.getRange(1,1,numberRows,1).getValues();
var myAnswers = sheet.getRange(1,2,numberRows,1).getValues();
var myGuesses = sheet.getRange(1,2,numberRows,5).getValues();
// Shuffle the 5 choices horizontally. This script only works with Questions in col A, correct Answer in col B, and false choices in col C thru F.
var myShuffled = myGuesses.map(shuffleEachRow);
Logger.log(myShuffled);
Logger.log(myAnswers);
// Create the form as a quiz. The resulting form's "Quiz options" are different from a manually created quiz. Be aware (and change manually if needed!
var form = FormApp.create('States and Capitals Quiz');
form.setIsQuiz(true);
// Write out each multiple choice question to the form.
for(var i=0;i<numberRows;i++){
if (myShuffled[i][0] == myAnswers[i][0]) {
var addItem = form.addMultipleChoiceItem();
addItem.setTitle(myQuestions[i][0])
.setPoints(1)
.setChoices([
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][0],true),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][1]),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][2]),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][3]),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][4])
]);
}
else if (myShuffled[i][1] == myAnswers[i][0]) {
var addItem = form.addMultipleChoiceItem();
addItem.setTitle(myQuestions[i][0])
.setPoints(1)
.setChoices([
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][0]),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][1],true),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][2]),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][3]),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][4])
]);
}
else if (myShuffled[i][2] == myAnswers[i][0]) {
var addItem = form.addMultipleChoiceItem();
addItem.setTitle(myQuestions[i][0])
.setPoints(1)
.setChoices([
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][0]),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][1]),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][2],true),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][3]),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][4])
]);
}
else if (myShuffled[i][3] == myAnswers[i][0]) {
var addItem = form.addMultipleChoiceItem();
addItem.setTitle(myQuestions[i][0])
.setPoints(1)
.setChoices([
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][0]),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][1]),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][2]),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][3],true),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][4])
]);
}
else {
var addItem = form.addMultipleChoiceItem();
addItem.setTitle(myQuestions[i][0])
.setPoints(1)
.setChoices([
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][0]),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][1]),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][2]),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][3]),
addItem.createChoice(myShuffled[i][4],true)
]);
}
}
}
// This function, called by popForm, shuffles the 5 choices.
function shuffleEachRow(array) {
var i, j, temp;
for (i = array.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
j = Math.floor(Math.random() * (i + 1));
temp = array[i];
array[i] = array[j];
array[j] = temp;
}
return array;
}
Basically I have two google sheets that look something like this:
a table where people can put in their email and select what kind of foo they are using
email
foo
example#email.com
This Foo
and then another table with information about the foo
foo name
foo type
foo boolean1
foo boolean2
This Foo
String
True
True
That Foo
Number
False
True
Other Foo
String
False
False
In a Separate Sheet I'd like to have a dashboard-like view of things wherein I would have counts of various things like number of people, how many of each type of Foo, etc
Where I'm having trouble is figuring out how to pull things like "Number of people who have selected String foos" and such
like, basically i want the google-query equivalent to (in sql)
SELECT COUNT(p.*) FROM people p JOIN info i on p.foo = i.foo_name GROUP BY i.foo_type WHERE i.foo_type = 'String'
What I would be looking for is a table that looks like this:
Data
Count
Active Roster
4
String
3
Number
1
I have also seen many solutions that have complicated formulas using VLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH, etc.
I decided to write a user function to combine tables, or as I refer to it, de-normalize the database. I wrote the function DENORMALIZE() to support INNER, LEFT, RIGHT and FULL joins. By nesting function calls one can join unlimited tables in theory.
DENORMALIZE(range1, range2, primaryKey, foreignKey, [joinType])
Parameters:
range1, the main table as a named range, a1Notation or an array
range2, the related table as a named range, a1Notation or an array
primaryKey, the unique identifier for the main table, columns start with "1"
foreignKey, the key in the related table to join to the main table, columns start with "1"
joinType, type of join, "Inner", "Left", "Right", "Full", optional and defaults to "Inner", case insensitive
Returns: results as a two dimensional array
Result Set Example:
=QUERY(denormalize("Employees","Orders",1,3), "SELECT * WHERE Col2 = 'Davolio' AND Col8=2", FALSE)
EmpID
LastName
FirstName
OrderID
CustomerID
EmpID
OrderDate
ShipperID
1
Davolio
Nancy
10285
63
1
8/20/1996
2
1
Davolio
Nancy
10292
81
1
8/28/1996
2
1
Davolio
Nancy
10304
80
1
9/12/1996
2
Other Examples:
=denormalize("Employees","Orders",1,3)
=denormalize("Employees","Orders",1,3,"full")
=QUERY(denormalize("Employees","Orders",1,3,"left"), "SELECT * ", FALSE)
=QUERY(denormalize("Employees","Orders",1,3), "SELECT * WHERE Col2 = 'Davolio'", FALSE)
=QUERY(denormalize("Employees","Orders",1,3), "SELECT * WHERE Col2 = 'Davolio' AND Col8=2", FALSE)
=denormalize("Orders","OrderDetails",1,2)
// multiple joins
=denormalize("Employees",denormalize("Orders","OrderDetails",1,2),1,3)
=QUERY(denormalize("Employees",denormalize("Orders","OrderDetails",1,2),1,3), "SELECT *", FALSE)
=denormalize(denormalize("Employees","Orders",1,3),"OrderDetails",1,2)
=QUERY(denormalize("Employees",denormalize("Orders","OrderDetails",1,2),1,3), "SELECT *", FALSE)
=QUERY(denormalize(denormalize("Employees","Orders",1,3),"OrderDetails",4,2), "SELECT *", FALSE)
function denormalize(range1, range2, primaryKey, foreignKey, joinType) {
var i = 0;
var j = 0;
var index = -1;
var lFound = false;
var aDenorm = [];
var hashtable = [];
var aRange1 = "";
var aRange2 = "";
joinType = DefaultTo(joinType, "INNER").toUpperCase();
// the 6 lines below are used for debugging
//range1 = "Employees";
//range1 = "Employees!A2:C12";
//range2 = "Orders";
//primaryKey = 1;
//foreignKey = 3;
//joinType = "LEFT";
// Sheets starts numbering columns starting with "1", arrays are zero-based
primaryKey -= 1;
foreignKey -= 1;
// check if range is not an array
if (typeof range1 !== 'object') {
// Determine if range is a1Notation and load data into an array
if (range1.indexOf(":") !== -1) {
aRange1 = ss.getRange(range1).getValues();
} else {
aRange1 = ss.getRangeByName(range1).getValues();
}
} else {
aRange1 = range1;
}
if (typeof range2 !== 'object') {
if (range2.indexOf(":") !== -1) {
aRange2 = ss.getRange(range2).getValues();
} else {
aRange2 = ss.getRangeByName(range2).getValues();
}
} else {
aRange2 = range2;
}
// make similar structured temp arrays with NULL elements
var tArray1 = MakeArray(aRange1[0].length);
var tArray2 = MakeArray(aRange2[0].length);
var lenRange1 = aRange1.length;
var lenRange2 = aRange2.length;
hashtable = getHT(aRange1, lenRange1, primaryKey);
for(i = 0; i < lenRange2; i++) {
index = hashtable.indexOf(aRange2[i][foreignKey]);
if (index !== -1) {
aDenorm.push(aRange1[index].concat(aRange2[i]));
}
}
// add left and full no matches
if (joinType == "LEFT" || joinType == "FULL") {
for(i = 0; i < lenRange1; i++) {
//index = aDenorm.indexOf(aRange1[i][primaryKey]);
index = aScan(aDenorm, aRange1[i][primaryKey], primaryKey)
if (index == -1) {
aDenorm.push(aRange1[i].concat(tArray2));
}
}
}
// add right and full no matches
if (joinType == "RIGHT" || joinType == "FULL") {
for(i = 0; i < lenRange2; i++) {
index = aScan(aDenorm, aRange2[i][foreignKey], primaryKey)
if (index == -1) {
aDenorm.push(tArray1.concat(aRange2[i]));
}
}
}
return aDenorm;
}
function getHT(aRange, lenRange, key){
var aHashtable = [];
var i = 0;
for (i=0; i < lenRange; i++ ) {
//aHashtable.push([aRange[i][key], i]);
aHashtable.push(aRange[i][key]);
}
return aHashtable;
}
function MakeArray(length) {
var i = 0;
var retArray = [];
for (i=0; i < length; i++) {
retArray.push("");
}
return retArray;
}
function DefaultTo(valueToCheck, valueToDefault) {
return typeof valueToCheck === "undefined" ? valueToDefault : valueToCheck;
}
// Search a multi-dimensional array for a value
function aScan(aValues, searchStr, searchCol) {
var retval = -1;
var i = 0;
var aLen = aValues.length;
for (i = 0; i < aLen; i++) {
if (aValues[i][searchCol] == searchStr) {
retval = i;
break;
}
}
return retval;
}
You can make a copy of the google sheet with data and examples here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vziuF8gQcsOxTLEtlcU2cgTAYL1eIaaMTAoIrAS7mnE/edit?usp=sharing
I have a code that helps me copy a row of data based on a condition in a given column. I have a sheet called "Master" which has around 1000 rows of data. I want to move a row of data to a sheet called "Master Responses" if column 1 of "Master" has the word "Positive" or "Negative" in it. I used the or function (||) in the IF STATEMENT to select the condition (that is if "Positive" is entered or "Negative") but the row is only copied when I type "Positive" in the first column. When I type "Negative" in the first column the row is not copied. Also, I wanted to know how the code should be modified if I had to call the "Master Responses" sheet by using ".openByID or .openByURL". I have attached the code, please feel free to edit it. I am new to scripting and have been stuck on this for over a month. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
function onEdit()
{
var sheetNamesToWatch = ["Master"];
var columnNumberToWatch = 1;
var valuesToWatch = ["Positive"];
var valuesToWatch1 = ["Negative"];
var targetSheetsToMoveTheRowTo = ["Master Responses"];
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var range = sheet.getActiveCell();
if(sheetNamesToWatch.indexOf(sheet.getName()) != -1 &&
valuesToWatch.indexOf(range.getValue()) != -1 ||
valuesToWatch1.indexOf(range.getValue()) != -1 && range.getColumn()
==columnNumberToWatch)
{
var targetSheet = ss.getSheetByName(targetSheetsToMoveTheRowTo[valuesToWatch.indexOf(range.getValue())]);
var targetRange = targetSheet.getRange(targetSheet.getLastRow() + 1, 1);
sheet.getRange(range.getRow(), 1, 1,
sheet.getLastColumn()).copyTo(targetRange);
}
}
I'm not sure about .openByID or .openByURL, however this should fix the problem with "Negative".
I also added extra parenthesis on the first if statement so that it was clear to me what it was checking on.
function onEdit()
{
var sheetNamesToWatch = ["Master"];
var columnNumberToWatch = 1;
var valuesToWatch = ["Positive"];
var valuesToWatch1 = ["Negative"];
var targetSheetsToMoveTheRowTo = ["Master Responses"];
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var range = sheet.getActiveCell();
if((sheetNamesToWatch.indexOf(sheet.getName()) != -1) && ((valuesToWatch.indexOf(range.getValue()) != -1) ||
(valuesToWatch1.indexOf(range.getValue()) != -1)) && (range.getColumn() ==columnNumberToWatch))
{
if (valuesToWatch.indexOf(range.getValue()) != -1)
{
var targetSheet = ss.getSheetByName(targetSheetsToMoveTheRowTo[valuesToWatch.indexOf(range.getValue())]);
}
else
{
var targetSheet = ss.getSheetByName(targetSheetsToMoveTheRowTo[valuesToWatch1.indexOf(range.getValue())]);
}
var targetRange = targetSheet.getRange(targetSheet.getLastRow() + 1, 1);
sheet.getRange(range.getRow(), 1, 1,
sheet.getLastColumn()).copyTo(targetRange);
}
}
I have a script that worked before, but for a few days, this one no longer works .....
I have an error:
"TypeError: function split not found in object 0. (line16, file" SplitAuto ")."
Can you help me please?
My script :
function splitAllTest(){
var ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var s=ss.getSheetByName("RĂ©ponses au formulaire 1");
var lr=s.getLastRow();
var lc=s.getLastColumn()-8; //data columns num
var range=s.getRange(1, 3, lr, lc).getValues()
var output=[];
var split=[];
var l = 0; // outout row count
for(var i=0;i<range.length;i++){ //row roop
// split column_data
var split = [];
var max1 = 0;
for(var j=0;j<range[0].length;j++){ // column roop
var colSplit = range[i][j].split(", ");
split[j] = colSplit;
if(max1 < split[j].length) max1 = split[j].length;
}
// push new rows data
for(var k=0;k<max1;k++){ // max1
output [l] = [];
for(var j=0;j<lc;j++){ // column
if(k < split[j].length) { // if length is 1 k is only 0
output[l].push(split[j][k]); // split [col_index][coldata_index]
}else{
//output[l].push(''); change 2017/03/08 takashi
output[l].push(j == 0 ? split[j][0]: ''); //only first name is filled on each associated line
}}
l++;
}}
ss.getSheetByName("Temp formulaire").clear().getRange(1, 2,
output.length,lc).setValues(output);
}
I have too many columns in the sheet and so many columns to hide as well, but while executing the script it runs half way and stopped saying maximum time reached.
When I again tried to execute it stopped exactly where I stopped previously. So I would like to have some customization that if the column is already hidden can skip that column and work on the others.
Is there any way to do it.
Here is the code I used:
function hideColumns() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sh = ss.getSheetByName('ANALYTIC');
var data = sh.getRange('6:6').getValues();
var numCols = sh.getMaxColumns();
var numRows = sh.getMaxRows();
for(var i = 0; i <= numCols; i++){
if(data[0][i] == ""){
sh.hideColumns(i+1);
} else {
sh.unhideColumn(sh.getRange(1, i+1, numRows, 1));
}
}
}
Please help me.
You can use the documentProperties to store the last column before the end of the execution. To prevent the run from stopping abruptly you stop the run a little prematurely at 5min (execution will terminate at 6min mark) mark and store the column number in the documentProperty. You also display an alert asking you rerun the script.
Then retrieve the column number on the next run and start from there. If the program gets through the complete loop you delete the said properties. So you start from zero if you rerun the script next time.
Below is the code for the same
function hideColumns() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sh = ss.getSheetByName('ANALYTIC');
var data = sh.getRange('6:6').getValues();
var numCols = sh.getMaxColumns();
var numRows = sh.getMaxRows();
var docProp = PropertiesService.getDocumentProperties()
var startCol = Number(docProp.getProperty("startCol")) //if there is no propert called startCol will return Null, Number(Null) = 0
Logger.log(startCol)
var startTime = new Date().getTime()
var ms5min = 5*60*1000 //5min in millseconds
for(var i = startCol; i <= numCols; i++){
if(data[0][i] == ""){
sh.hideColumns(i+1);
} else {
sh.unhideColumn(sh.getRange(1, i+1, numRows, 1));
}
var curTime = new Date().getTime()
var elasped = curTime-startTime
if (elasped >= ms5min){
docProp.setProperty("startCol", i)
SpreadsheetApp.getUi().alert("Please restart Run, exceeded 5min mark")
return
}
}
Logger.log(elasped)
docProp.deleteAllProperties()
}
If your sheet has under 10,000 columns (PropertiesService limit) you can use this script:
function hideColumns() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sh = ss.getSheetByName('ANALYTIC');
var data = sh.getRange('6:6').getValues();
var documentProperties = PropertiesService.getDocumentProperties()
var documentPropertiesVals = documentProperties.getProperties();
var numCols = sh.getMaxColumns();
for(var i = 0; i < numCols; i++){
if (!(cPlusInt(i) in documentPropertiesVals)) {
documentPropertiesVals[cPlusInt(i)] === 'empty';
}
if (documentPropertiesVals[cPlusInt(i)] === 'hidden' && data[0][i] == "") continue;
if (documentPropertiesVals[cPlusInt(i)] === 'unhidden' && data[0][i] != "") continue;
if(data[0][i] == ""){
sh.hideColumns(i+1);
documentProperties.setProperty(cPlusInt(i), 'hidden')
} else {
sh.unhideColumn(sh.getRange(1, i+1, 1, 1));
documentProperties.setProperty(cPlusInt(i), 'unhidden')
}
}
}
function cPlusInt(num) {
return 'c'+num.toString()
}
You at first you may need to run this few times (many write operation to PropertiesService may be sluggish) but later it's "blazingly" fast (0.1 s per new column).
Better answer using #Jack Brown's idea
It is possible to make single save to PropertiesService - you would need to incorporate time limit from #Jack Brown's answer, this way:
function hideColumns() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sh = ss.getSheetByName('ANALYTIC');
var data = sh.getRange('6:6').getValues();
var documentProperties = PropertiesService.getDocumentProperties()
var documentPropertiesVals = documentProperties.getProperties();
var numCols = sh.getMaxColumns();
var startTime = new Date().getTime()
var ms5min = 5*60*1000 //5min in millseconds
for(var i = 0; i < numCols; i++){
if (!(cPlusInt(i) in documentPropertiesVals)) {
documentPropertiesVals[cPlusInt(i)] === 'empty';
}
if (documentPropertiesVals[cPlusInt(i)] === 'hidden' && data[0][i] == "") continue;
if (documentPropertiesVals[cPlusInt(i)] === 'unhidden' && data[0][i] != "") continue;
if(data[0][i] == ""){
sh.hideColumns(i+1);
documentPropertiesVals[cPlusInt(i)] = 'hidden'
} else {
sh.unhideColumn(sh.getRange(1, i+1, 1, 1));
documentPropertiesVals[cPlusInt(i)] = 'unhidden'
}
var curTime = new Date().getTime()
var elapsed = curTime-startTime
if (elapsed >= ms5min){
break;
}
}
documentProperties.setProperties(documentPropertiesVals)
if (elapsed >= ms5min){
SpreadsheetApp.getUi().alert("Please restart Run, exceeded 5min mark")
}
}
cPlusInt function explanation
cPlusInt is necessary because of weird problems with google's PropertiesService. Object gotten from PropertiesService returns undefined at integer keys. To see problem use this code:
function test() {
var obj = {};
for (var i=0; i<10; i++) {
obj[i.toString()] = 'aa' + i.toString();
}
var documentProperties = PropertiesService.getScriptProperties();
documentProperties.deleteAllProperties();
documentProperties.setProperties(obj);
obj = documentProperties.getProperties();
Logger.log(obj)
for (var i in obj) {
Logger.log('%s %s %s', i, obj[i], i === '1');
}
}