根据值将单元格拆分为列

Question

So i have this data in column A on my spreadsheet

test1,test2,test3

It can be more than 3 values or less than 3 values and i want to split it into different columns with the comma as a delimiter. But i want to place it on a specific column depending on the value. For example if it is test1 or test2 i want it to to column B. If it is test3 or test4 i want it to go to column C.

Any ideas on how i can achieve that on google apps script?

Thanks very much

Answer 1

I think this is what you are looking for:

 var str = 'test1,test2,test3,test4'; var colA = str.split(','); var colB = []; var colC = []; for (var i = 0; i < colA.length; i++){ var val = colA[i]; if (val == 'test1' || val == 'test2'){ colB.push(val); }else { colC.push(val) } } console.log(colB); console.log(colC);

Option 2 would be to use functions like this:

 var str = 'test1,test2,test3,test4'; var colA = str.split(','); var colB = []; var colC = []; function move_to_b(value){ for (var i = 0; i < colA.length; i++){ var val = colA[i]; if (val == value){ colB.push(val); } } } function move_to_c(value){ for (var i = 0; i < colA.length; i++){ var val = colA[i]; if (val == value){ colC.push(val); } } } move_to_b('test1'); move_to_b('test2'); move_to_c('test3'); move_to_c('test4'); console.log(colB); console.log(colC);