Reputation: 157
I had posted a question months ago regarding deleting a row if a value in it exists in another sheet.
This is the accepted answer in my previous post.
function deleteRowInSheet1() {
var s1 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("SS_ID").getSheetByName('Sheet1');
var s2 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("SS_ID").getSheetByName('Sheet2');
var values1 = s1.getDataRange().getValues();
var values2 = s2.getDataRange().getValues();
var resultArray = [];
for(var n in values1){
var keep = true
for(var p in values2){
if( values1[n][0] == values2[p][0] && values1[n][1] == values2[p][1]){
keep=false ; break ;
}
}
if(keep){ resultArray.push(values1[n])};
}
s1.clear()
s1.getRange(1,1,resultArray.length,resultArray[0].length).setValues(resultArray);
}
Now, my question is what if there are more than 1 sheet to be compared to. Let's say I have 4 sheets.
Sheet1:
NAME | PLACE | AGE
Carl | Florida | 45
Mike | Florida | 41
Suzy | Florida
Sheet 2:
NAME | PLACE | AGE
Mike | Florida | 41
Sheet 3:
NAME | PLACE | AGE
Mike | Florida | 41
Sheet 4:
NAME | PLACE | AGE
Mike | Florida | 41
The script should delete Mike Florida row in Sheet 2 to 4 since it has duplicate data in Sheet 1. Column 1 and 2, again are the basis to compare all the data in the 4 sheets since the values will be unique. I tried to modify the answered script but I can't seem to make it run. I understood the logic but not sure which part I missed:
This is my code:
function deleteRowInSheets1to3() {
var s1 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("SS_ID").getSheetByName('Sheet1'); //this is the basis of all sheets. values to be compared is column 2
var s2 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("SS_ID").getSheetByName('Sheet2');
var s3 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("SS_ID").getSheetByName('Sheet3');
var s4 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("SS_ID").getSheetByName('Sheet4');
var values1 = s1.getDataRange().getValues();
var values2 = s2.getDataRange().getValues();
var values3 = s3.getDataRange().getValues();
var values4 = s4.getDataRange().getValues();
var resultArray = [];
for(var n in values1){
var keep = true
for(var p in values2){
if( values1[n][0] == values2[p][0] && values1[n][1] == values2[p][1]){
keep=false ; break ;
}
for(var q in values3){
if( values1[n][0] == values3[q][0] && values1[n][1] == values3[q][1]){
keep=false ; break ;
}
for(var r in values4){
if( values1[n][0] == values4[r][0] && values1[n][1] == values4[r][1]){
keep=false ; break ;
}
}
}
}
if(keep){ resultArray.push(values1[n])};
}
s1.clear()
s1.getRange(1,1,resultArray.length,resultArray[0].length).setValues(resultArray);
}
Thanks a bunch for any advice! :)
Upvotes: 1
Views: 311
Reputation: 40
I think we almost have the same situation. This is a possible duplicate question. See this post.
The answer provided was below (not my code):
function removeDupsInOtherSheets() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var s1 = ss.getSheetByName("Sheet1").getDataRange().getValues();
var s2 = ss.getSheetByName("Sheet2").getDataRange().getValues();
var s3 = ss.getSheetByName("Sheet3").getDataRange().getValues();
// iterate s3 and check in s1 & s2 if duplicate values exist
var nS1 = [];
var nS2 = [];
var s3Col1 = [];// data in column1 of sheet3
for(var n in s3){
s3Col1.push(s3[n][0]);
}
for(var n in s1){ // iterate sheet1 and test col 1 vs col 1 in sheet3
var noDup1 = checkForDup(s1[n],s3Col1)
if(noDup1){nS1.push(noDup1)};// if not present in sheet3 then keep
}
for(var n in s2){ // iterate sheet2 and test col 1 vs col 1 in sheet3
var noDup2 = checkForDup(s2[n],s3Col1)
if(noDup2){nS2.push(noDup2)};// if not present in sheet3 then keep
}
Logger.log(nS1);// view result
Logger.log(nS2);
ss.getSheetByName("Sheet1").getDataRange().clear();// clear and update sheets
ss.getSheetByName("Sheet2").getDataRange().clear();
ss.getSheetByName("Sheet1").getRange(1,1,nS1.length,nS1[0].length).setValues(nS1);
ss.getSheetByName("Sheet2").getRange(1,1,nS2.length,nS2[0].length).setValues(nS2);
}
function checkForDup(item,s){
Logger.log(s+' = '+item[0]+' ?')
if(s.indexOf(item[0])>-1){
return null;
}
return item;
}
Hope this helps.
Upvotes: 1