I am trying to look for matching cells in column R,T,and V in the reference table with column C in the main sheet. If there is a match then copy the assigned number in Q,S, and U and past it in column B next to the its match.

I have done the example manually.

CodePudding user response：

Suggestion

Perhaps you can try this sample script:

Script [UPDATED]

  function findMatch() {
  var sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  var lastRow = sh.getDataRange().getLastRow();
  var reference = [];
  var row = 1;
  var data = sh.getRange("Q1:V" lastRow).getDisplayValues().filter(function(x) {
  return (x.join('').length !== 0);
  });

  sh.getRange("C1:C" lastRow).getDisplayValues().forEach( x => {
    reference.push([fixForUsage(x),row]);
    row  = 1;
  });
  
  reference.forEach(aisle => {
    if(aisle[0] == "" || aisle[0].toString().toLowerCase().includes("aisle"))return;
    data.forEach(match => {
      var currentData = match[1]  "-" match[3] "-" match[5];
      if(currentData.includes(aisle[0])){
        //get its number
        if(match[1] == ""){
          if(match[3] == ""){
            if(match[5] == ""){
            }else{
              //if not empty
              Logger.log("Find \"" aisle[0] "\" from sheet row#" aisle[1] "\nRESULT:" "\nFound a match on these data!: " match "\nHeader: \'" data[0][4] "\'\nNumber: " match[4]);
              pasteData(sh,aisle[1], data[0][4], match[4]);
            }
          }else{
            //if not empty
            Logger.log( "Find \"" aisle[0] "\" from sheet row#" aisle[1] "\nRESULT:" "\nFound a match on these data!: " match "\nHeader: \'" data[0][2] "\'\nNumber: " match[2]);
            pasteData(sh,aisle[1],data[0][2],match[2]);
          }
        }else{
          //if not empty
          Logger.log("Find \"" aisle[0] "\" from sheet row#" aisle[1] "\nRESULT:" "\nFound a match on these data!: " match "\nHeader: \'" data[0][0] "\'\nNumber: " match[0]);
          pasteData(sh,aisle[1],data[0][0],match[0]);
        }
      }
    });
  });
}

function pasteData(sh,row, colAData, colBData){
  sh.getRange("B" row).setValue(colBData);
  sh.getRange("A" row).setValue(colAData);
}

function fixForUsage(x){ //This is to let the code know that e.q. 53-7 is 53-07
  var part = x.toString().split("-");
  if(part.length == 2 && part[1].length == 1){
    return part[0] "-0" part[1];
  }else{
    return x;
  }
}

Sample Sheet

• Columns A, B, C:

• Columns Q, R, S, T, U, V:

Sample Demonstration

• After running the script from the Apps Script editor:

• Apps Script editor log results for review:

CodePudding user response：

Here is another solution:

function myFunction() {
  var sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();

  // get all data
  var data = sh.getRange('q2:v16').getDisplayValues();
  var cols_QR = data.map(x => ({'crane': 'C5-1', 'seq': x[0], 'aisle': x[1]}));
  var cols_ST = data.map(x => ({'crane': 'C5-4', 'seq': x[2], 'aisle': x[3]}));
  var cols_UV = data.map(x => ({'crane': 'C5-2', 'seq': x[4], 'aisle': x[5]}));
  data = [...cols_QR, ...cols_ST, ...cols_UV];
  data = data.filter(x => x.aisle != '');
  
  // create the object 'aisles'
  var aisles = {}
  for (let obj of data) aisles[obj.aisle] = {'crane': obj.crane, 'seq': obj.seq}
 
  // get target range and target data
  var target_range = sh.getRange('a2:c'   sh.getLastRow());
  var target_data = target_range.getDisplayValues();

  // fill target range with info from the 'aisles' object
  for (let row in target_data) {
    try {
      let key = target_data[row][2];
      target_data[row] = [ aisles[key].crane, aisles[key].seq, key ];
    } catch(e) {}
  }

  // fill the target range with updated data
  target_range.setValues(target_data);
}

Initial data:

Results:

Sheet

I decided don't add in my variant the function that makes true this: '53-7' == '53-07' and '11' == '11-0', etc, because I think it's a rather bad and error-prone idea. It will silently hide many errors in your data. But I can add it if you want.