Google Sheet - Split Cell contents into rows and columns

Question

Linked Google Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j2P2V0SCiE7QtK7kdCorpLfYQPFRghKMw4tuCYbqce0/edit?usp=sharing

I have a form that outputs all products and qua

Answer 1

Here is some code that I've tested and it works. The code removes all the words "Product: ", and replaces them with a comma. Then the code does something similar with the string "Quantity: ", replacing it with an empty string. Next it creates an array, and converts the array to a two dimensional array, so that the rows and columns can be written all in one action.

function convertData() {
  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  var sh = ss.getSheetByName('Form Submission');

  var data = sh.getRange("O2").getValue();
  //Logger.log(data);
  var firstProductRemoved = data.replace("Product: ", "");
  //Logger.log(firstProductRemoved);

  var allProductReplacedWithComma = firstProductRemoved.replace(/Product: /g,",");
  //Logger.log(allProductReplacedWithComma);

  var allQuantityReplacedWithNothing = allProductReplacedWithComma.replace(/Quantity: /g,"");
  //Logger.log(allQuantityReplacedWithNothing);

  var dataAsArray = allQuantityReplacedWithNothing.split(",");

  var outerArray = [], innerArray = [];
  var i=0;

  for (i=0;i