How do you use a cell value to find the matching sheet name? - google-apps-script

Question

I am trying to find a way to copy information from one sheet to another. I know how to find the information from the sheet to copy from, but I'm having trouble finding the sheet to copy to. I want to copy to a sheet based off of a value in my original sheet.
I have a list of names in column C, ex. John, Mark, and Will that starts in row 40. I would like to then copy John's row of information to the sheet titled "John", and Mark's information to a sheet titled "Mark", etc. so that each person's information is summarized on their own sheet. I am having trouble using the value found in column C (the person's name), and then using that value to find a sheet with the coordinating name.
function CopyInfo() {
var CopyFrom = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Summary");
var ColumntoSearch = 3;
var LastRow = CopyFrom.getLastRow();
//Gets column to search for names to compare
var Range = CopyFrom.getRange(40, ColumntoSearch, LastRow, 1);
var Values = Range.getValues();
//Sets the amount of data to copy over
var NumberofColumns = 11;
var NumberofRows = 1;
//Compares all the names in the Summary sheet
var d=0;
for(var i=0;i<Values.length;i++) {
var Name = CopyFrom.getRange(i-d+40, 3);
var CopyTo = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName(Name);
if(Name == ????????){
var RangetoCopy=CopyFrom.getRange(i-d+40,1,NumberofRows,NumberofColumns);
var DestRange=CopyTo.getRange(CopyTo.getLastRow()+1,1,NumberofRows,NumberofColumns);
RangetoCopy.copyTo(DestRange);
d++;
}
}
}

Answer 1

You want to copy the values from Summary sheet to each sheet with the sheet name retrieved from the column "C" in Summary sheet.
There are values for copying in the column "A:K".
For example, when the row 45 of Summary sheet has the values of a45, b45, c45, d45, e45, f45, g45, h45, i45, j45, k45, the values are copied to just below the last row of the sheet name of c45.
If my understanding is correct, how about this modification? I think your script is almost correct. So I modified your script a little.
Modified script:
function CopyInfo() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet(); // Added
var CopyFrom = ss.getSheetByName("Summary"); // Modified
var ColumntoSearch = 3;
var LastRow = CopyFrom.getLastRow();
//Gets column to search for names to compare
var Range = CopyFrom.getRange(40, ColumntoSearch, LastRow, 1);
var Values = Range.getValues();
//Sets the amount of data to copy over
var NumberofColumns = 11;
var NumberofRows = 1;
//Compares all the names in the Summary sheet
// var d=0; // Removed
for (var i = 0; i < Values.length; i++) {
var Name = Values[i][0]; // Modified
var CopyTo = ss.getSheetByName(Name); // Modified
if (Name) { // Modified
if (!CopyTo) CopyTo = ss.insertSheet(Name); // Added
var RangetoCopy = CopyFrom.getRange(i + 40, 1, NumberofRows, NumberofColumns); // Modified
var DestRange = CopyTo.getRange(CopyTo.getLastRow() + 1, 1, NumberofRows, NumberofColumns);
RangetoCopy.copyTo(DestRange);
// d++; // Removed
}
}
}
Note:
In this modified script, if the sheet name is not found, new sheet of the sheet name is inserted. If you don't want to insert new sheet, please replace if(!CopyTo) CopyTo = ss.insertSheet(Name) to the following script.
if (CopyTo) {
var RangetoCopy = CopyFrom.getRange(i + 40, 1, NumberofRows, NumberofColumns);
var DestRange = CopyTo.getRange(CopyTo.getLastRow() + 1, 1, NumberofRows, NumberofColumns);
RangetoCopy.copyTo(DestRange);
}
If I misunderstood your question and this was not the result you want, I apologize.