How to output a text file in google apps script

Question

I am using Google scripts to try and output 2 .txt files by reading in the information from Sheet 1.

I want my files to look like below one for just titles and the other for footnotes:

Therefore the '|' character in the footnote column needs to split onto a new line with the same program name listed as above.

The attached sheet is a basic example, but I need guidance which would also work if the footnote column had multiple '|'characters.

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Solution

Use the split() JS String method to obtain your strings in a single array.

When obtaining the values from a Spreadsheet the Apps Script methods will arrange them in multidimensional Arrays using this fashon: sheet[rows][columns] .

In this example I will use the 3rd column, but you can of course adapt this method to whatever column serves you best:

function splitter() {
  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
  var thirdColumnValues = ss.getDataRange().getValues().flatMap(row => row[2].split('|'));
  var text = thirdColumnValues.join("\n"); //Just concatenate the values with the "return" symbol
}

Reference

getValues()

JS String