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How to search Google spreadsheets?

I am doing a few comprehensive searches and must determine if the new domain (URL) is already in the spreadsheet. However, none of the Spreadsheet objects have search functions, namely findText (), found in most Document objects. I feel that I am missing something significant. What am I missing?

findText: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/class_table#findText

SearchResult Object: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/class_searchresult

Spreadsheet Object: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/class_sheet

My best guess is to try converting certain ranges of spreadsheets to Document tables, and then do a search. Mendokusai

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I ended up using spreadsheet formulas to solve my problem. In particular, I used the MATCH () function , which can search for a row in an array (in this case, a column on another sheet in the same document).

This is much simpler than looping through an array, although less efficient and not fully automated. In fact, when the column reached 2000 records, Google Drive froze so often, I had to start using Excel. However, the Match () solution was more suitable for what I was looking for.

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/**
 * Finds a value within a given range. 
 * @param value The value to find.
 * @param range The range to search in.
 * @return A range pointing to the first cell containing the value, 
 *     or null if not found.
 */
function find(value, range) {
  var data = range.getValues();
  for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
    for (var j = 0; j < data[i].length; j++) {
      if (data[i][j] == value) {
        return range.getCell(i + 1, j + 1);
      }
    }
  }
  return null;
}
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// G. Variables
var sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var lastrow = ss.getLastRow();
//
function onOpen() {
  var menuEntries = [ {name: "Search GUI", functionName: "searchUI"},
                     ];
  ss.addMenu("Search Utilities",menuEntries);// custom menu
}
// Build a simple UI to enter search item and show results + activate result row
function searchUI() {
  var app = UiApp.createApplication().setHeight(130).setWidth(400);
  app.setTitle("Search by name / lastname / adress");
  var panel = app.createVerticalPanel();
  var txtBox = app.createTextBox().setFocus(true);
  var label=app.createLabel(" Item to search for :")
  panel.add(label);
  txtBox.setId("item").setName("item");
  var label0=app.createLabel("Row").setWidth("40");
  var label1=app.createLabel("Name").setWidth("120");
  var label2=app.createLabel("Lastname").setWidth("120");
  var label3=app.createLabel("Street").setWidth("120");
  var hpanel = app.createHorizontalPanel();
  hpanel.add(label0).add(label1).add(label2).add(label3)
//
  var txt0=app.createTextBox().setId("lab0").setName("0").setWidth("40");
  var txt1=app.createTextBox().setId("lab1").setName("txt1").setWidth("120");
  var txt2=app.createTextBox().setId("lab2").setName("txt2").setWidth("120");
  var txt3=app.createTextBox().setId("lab3").setName("txt3").setWidth("120");
  var hpanel2 = app.createHorizontalPanel();
  hpanel2.add(txt0).add(txt1).add(txt2).add(txt3)
  var hidden = app.createHidden().setName("hidden").setId("hidden");
  var subbtn = app.createButton("next ?").setId("next").setWidth("250");
  var link = app.createAnchor('', '').setId('link');
  panel.add(txtBox);
  panel.add(subbtn);
  panel.add(hidden);
  panel.add(hpanel);
  panel.add(hpanel2);
  panel.add(link);
  var keyHandler = app.createServerHandler("click");
  txtBox.addKeyUpHandler(keyHandler)
  keyHandler.addCallbackElement(panel);
//
  var submitHandler = app.createServerHandler("next");
  subbtn.addClickHandler(submitHandler);
  submitHandler.addCallbackElement(panel);
//
  app.add(panel);  
  ss.show(app);
  }
//
function click(e){
   var row=ss.getActiveRange().getRowIndex();              
   var app = UiApp.getActiveApplication();
   var txtBox = app.getElementById("item");
   var subbtn = app.getElementById("next").setText("next ?")      
   var txt0=app.getElementById("lab0").setText('--');
   var txt1=app.getElementById("lab1").setText('no match').setStyleAttribute("background", "white");// default value to start with
   var txt2=app.getElementById("lab2").setText('');
   var txt3=app.getElementById("lab3").setText('');
   var link=app.getElementById('link').setText('').setHref('')
   var item=e.parameter.item.toLowerCase(); // item to search for
   var hidden=app.getElementById("hidden")                  
   var data = sh.getRange(2,2,lastrow,4).getValues();// get the 4 columns of data
       for(nn=0;nn<data.length;++nn){ ;// iterate trough
         if(data[nn].toString().toLowerCase().match(item.toString())==item.toString()&&item!=''){;// if a match is found in one of the 4 fields, break the loop and show results
          txt0.setText(nn+2);
          txt1.setText(data[nn][0]).setStyleAttribute("background", "cyan");
          txt2.setText(data[nn][1]);
          txt3.setText(data[nn][2]);
          link.setText(data[nn][3]).setHref(data[nn][3]);
          sh.getRange(nn+2,2).activate();
          subbtn.setText("found '"+item+"' in row "+Number(nn+2)+", next ?");
          hidden.setValue(nn.toString())                                                                                  
          break
          }
      }
return app    ;// update UI
}
function next(e){
   var row=ss.getActiveRange().getRowIndex();              
   var app = UiApp.getActiveApplication();
   var txtBox = app.getElementById("item");
   var subbtn = app.getElementById("next").setText("no other match")      
   var hidden=app.getElementById("hidden");                  
   var start=Number(e.parameter.hidden)+1;//returns the last search index stored in the UI
   var item=e.parameter.item.toLowerCase(); // item to search for
   var txt0=app.getElementById("lab0");
   var txt1=app.getElementById("lab1").setStyleAttribute("background", "yellow");
   var txt2=app.getElementById("lab2");
   var txt3=app.getElementById("lab3");
   var link=app.getElementById('link').setText('').setHref('')
   var data = sh.getRange(2,2,lastrow,4).getValues();// get the 4 columns of data
       for(nn=start;nn<data.length;++nn){ ;// iterate trough
         if(data[nn].toString().toLowerCase().match(item.toString())==item.toString()&&item!=''){;// if a match is found in one of the 4 fields, break the loop and show results
          txt0.setText(nn+2);
          txt1.setText(data[nn][0]).setStyleAttribute("background", "cyan");
          txt2.setText(data[nn][1]);
          txt3.setText(data[nn][2]);
          link.setText(data[nn][3]).setHref(data[nn][3])
          sh.getRange(nn+2,2).activate();
          subbtn.setText("found '"+item+"' in row "+Number(nn+2)+", next ?");                                                                                               
          hidden.setValue(nn.toString())                                                                                  
          break
          }
      }
return app    ;// update UI
}// eof 05-12 Serge insas
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You can “search” using the SpreadsheetAPI feed request parameter. This will return any string that matches the complete word match. Throw asterisks around your parameter (of course, the URL is encoded) and it becomes a wildcard.

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