Google Script to see if text contains a value

Question

I have a google form that when the user submits it will trigger my function to run which is creating a summary of what they submitted as a Google Doc. I know it can automaticall

Answer 1

I had to add a .toString to the item in the values array. Without it, it would only match if the entire cell body matched the searchTerm.

function foo() {
    var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
    var s = ss.getSheetByName('spreadsheet-name');
    var r = s.getRange('A:A');
    var v = r.getValues();
    var searchTerm = 'needle';
    for(var i=v.length-1;i>=0;i--) {
        if(v[0,i].toString().indexOf(searchTerm) > -1) {
            // do something
        }
    }
};