Copy/paste values using google app script - google-apps-script

Question

Here is the sheet with an example of the data that I'm using
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_k3xclEgdREfMMks7H2-uk0tzxXqCaoeVW_G8ase-3o/edit?usp=sharing
I only put the formulas on the rows without color, and the information about the schedule comes from other tab.
the colors in green are the ones with dates, where I store inside the numbers, and the blue ones also contain formulas and I wanna skip those columns when pasting the values because is correlated to another worksheet, so I can't paste the values
I've tryied two ways
this first one I receive an erro message: Exception: The parameters (number[]) don't match the method signature for SpreadsheetApp.Range.setValues.
//destination = sheet.getRange(1,colA[j],table.length,1)
//destination.setValues(table); // where we paste the values by column
For this one, it paste on other tab on the first columns
//sheet.getRange(1,colA[j],table.length,1).copyTo(sheet.getActiveRange(), SpreadsheetApp.CopyPasteType.PASTE_VALUES, false);
Here is the script that Im using
function PasteValues() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById("...");
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName("Testsheet");
var rows = sheet.getDataRange().getValues();
var dates = rows[2];
//Logger.log(dates)
var yesterday = new Date(Date.now() - 864e5);
var numbers = [];
for(var i = 2; i < dates.length; i++) {
let columns = i
if (dates[i]!=="" && dates[i] !== null){
numbers.push(columns);
}
if (dates[i]==="") {
continue;
}
if (dates[i].getDate() == yesterday.getDate() && dates[i].getMonth() == yesterday.getMonth() ){
break;
}
}
colA=numbers.slice(-5)
var table = [];
Logger.log(rows.length)
Logger.log(colA)
for(var j=0;j<colA.length;j++)
{
table =[];
for (var i = 0; i < rows.length;i++ )
{
table[i] = rows[i][colA[j]];
}
Logger.log("the number of the column is: "+colA[j]);
Logger.log(table);
// where I paste the data
}
}
This is the example on how my data is to copy/paste it based on the column number

Answer 1

When you retrieve values from the spreadsheet, getValues() already returns them to you in a 2-D array - there is no need to manually transfer them into another array
You can either do:
var table = sheet.getDataRange().getValues();
destination = sheet.getRange(1,statColumn,table.length,table[0].length);
destination.setValues(table);
Or:
sheet.getDataRange.copyTo(sheet.getActiveRange(), SpreadsheetApp.CopyPasteType.PASTE_VALUES, false);
UPDATE
Exception: The parameters (number[]) don't match the method signature
for SpreadsheetApp.Range.setValues.
means that you are trying to assign a row (1-D array) to a range (2-D array).
Also, table.length will retrieve you the number of columns and not rows if table is a row.
This can be easily solved by defining:
table = [table];
Sample snippet:
for(var j=0;j<colA.length;j++)
{
table =[];
for (var i = 0; i < rows.length;i++ )
{
table[i] = rows[i][colA[j]];
}
Logger.log("the number of the column is: "+colA[j]);
table = [table];
Logger.log(table);
// where I paste the data
destination = sheet.getRange(1,colA[j],table.length,1)
destination.setValues([table]); // where we paste the values by column
}
UPDATE
If what you want is to copy paste selected data column by column, you need to create a 2D array table and populate it as following:
for(var i = 2; i < dates.length; i++) {
let columns = i
if (dates[i]!=="" && dates[i] !== null){
numbers.push(columns);
}
if (dates[i]==="") {
continue;
}
if (dates[i] instanceof Date && dates[i].getDate() == yesterday.getDate() && dates[i].getMonth() == yesterday.getMonth() ){
break;
}
}
colA=numbers.slice(-5)
var table = [];
Logger.log(rows.length)
Logger.log(colA)
for(var j=0;j<colA.length;j++)
{
for (var i = 0; i < rows.length;i++ )
{
table[i] =[];
table[i][0] = rows[i][colA[j]];
}
Logger.log("the number of the column is: "+colA[j]);
Logger.log(table);
// where I paste the data
destination = sheet.getRange(1,colA[j],table.length,1)
destination.setValues(table); // where we paste the values by column
}
It is important to make sure that the array is 2-dimensional and that its dimensions (rows and columns) correspond to the dimensions of the range into which you want to set the data.