Search spreadsheet by column, return rows

Question

I\'m trying to find the best script in terms of runtime to complete a task. I\'ve got a decently large spreadsheet where I need to check values in certain known columns, and

Answer 1

You may want to use the Google Apps Script textFinder class.

This example function will search a string and show the row of the first occurrence in an alert dialog:

function searchString(){
  var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet()
  var search_string = "dog"
  var textFinder = sheet.createTextFinder(search_string)
  var search_row = textFinder.findNext().getRow()
  var ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
  ui.alert("search row: " + search_row)
}