Splitting Google Sheets Script? - google-sheets

Question

function doGet(e){
Logger.log("--- doGet ---");
var tag = "",
value = "";
try {
// this helps during debuggin
if (e == null){e={}; e.parameters = {tag:"test",value:"-1"};}
tag = e.parameters.tag;
value = e.parameters.value;
// save the data to spreadsheet
save_data(tag, value);
return ContentService.createTextOutput("Wrote:\n tag: " + tag + "\n value: " + value);
} catch(error) {
Logger.log(error);
return ContentService.createTextOutput("oops...." + error.message
+ "\n" + new Date()
+ "\ntag: " + tag +
+ "\nvalue: " + value);
}
}
// Method to save given data to a sheet
function save_data(tag, value){
Logger.log("--- save_data ---");
try {
var dateTime = new Date();
// Paste the URL of the Google Sheets starting from https thru /edit
// For e.g.: https://docs.google.com/..../edit
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openByUrl("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HYJRHfJVgZp16xYt4fipR1bH2BudhuQ4UrDhAf1rBKw/edit");
var dataLoggerSheet = ss.getSheetByName("Datalogger");
// Get last edited row from DataLogger sheet
var row = dataLoggerSheet.getLastRow() + 1;
// Start Populating the data
dataLoggerSheet.getRange("A" + row).setValue(row -1); // ID
dataLoggerSheet.getRange("B" + row).setValue(dateTime); // dateTime
dataLoggerSheet.getRange("C" + row).setValue(tag); // tag
dataLoggerSheet.getRange("D" + row).setValue(value); // value
//dataLoggerSheet.getRange("E" + row).setValue(value); // value
//dataLoggerSheet.getRange("F" + row).setValue(value); // value
// Update summary sheet
summarySheet.getRange("B1").setValue(dateTime); // Last modified date
// summarySheet.getRange("B2").setValue(row - 1); // Count
}
catch(error) {
Logger.log(JSON.stringify(error));
}
Logger.log("--- save_data end---");
}
In the example above, inside the value of "tag" there is data in the format "12345678912 | ABCDEFGHIJ". "Tag" data in column C; I want to print with the first 11 characters in column D. The "tag" data in column C; I want to print it with column E after 12 characters. How can I do that?
To see my overall objective, these two screenshots should show it.
Original Spreadsheet from Form:
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Formatted Version of Spreadsheet:
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Thank you in advance for your help.

Answer 1

You will have to manipulate the tag string in order to get the values you want.
In order to do this you will have change this:
dataLoggerSheet.getRange("C" + row).setValue(tag); // tag
To this:
dataLoggerSheet.getRange("C" + row).setValue(tag.slice(0,tag.indexOf('|')); //first part of tag
dataLoggerSheet.getRange("D" + row).setValue(tag.slice(tag.indexOf('|') + 2)); // second part of tag
dataLoggerSheet.getRange("E" + row).setValue(value); // value
Explanation
The above snippet makes use of the indexOf and slice methods from JavaScript in order to get the index of the | character in order to be able to split the tag string into two different strings.
Reference
JavaScript Array.prototype.slice();
JavaScript Array.prototype.indexOf().