Using Google Sheets scripts, why does my if statement always return false when comparing cell values?

Question

I need to compare two cell values and act on them if they are different. My \"if\" statement always returns false when comparing the cell contents however, and I can\'t figu

Answer 1

Answer:

The .getValues() method returns a 2-dimensional array, and so you aren't referencing the values within each cell correctly in your array.

More Information:

Let's assume that both A1 and A2 contain the string "THIS". Running the following line:

var testvalues = sheet.getRange('A1:A2').getValues();

will assign the array [[THIS], [THIS]] to testvalues.

Code fix:

You need to change:

var testvalue1 = testvalues[0]; // The contents from A1
var testvalue2 = testvalues[1]; // The contents from A2

to:

var testvalue1 = testvalues[0][0]; // The contents from A1
var testvalue2 = testvalues[1][0]; // The contents from A2

I hope this is helpful to you!

References:

• Class Range | Apps Script - Method getValues()

Answer 2

The following line of code is incorrect, below it is corrected.

  var testvalue1 = testvalues[0][0]; // The contents from A1
  var testvalue2 = testvalues[1][0]; // The contents from A2

You are originally grabbing the entire row instead of a single cell.