From ce2e01b99c95b6697cca25eb80361ff0fbc6ae4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: a1ex-garofalo <141367682+a1ex-garofalo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 13:41:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] checkMatchingValues

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 functions/checkMatchingValues | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 functions/checkMatchingValues

diff --git a/functions/checkMatchingValues b/functions/checkMatchingValues
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+// @a1ex.garofalo WorkspaceDevs https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/sheets/functions#optimization
+/**
+ * Checks if values in one column on a certain sheet match values in another column in a different sheet
+ */
+function checkMatchingValues(sourceSheetName, sourceColumn, targetSheetName, targetColumn) {
+  var sourceSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName(sourceSheetName);
+  var targetSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName(targetSheetName);
+
+  var sourceValues = sourceSheet.getRange(sourceColumn).getValues();
+  var targetValues = targetSheet.getRange(targetColumn).getValues();
+
+  var sourceValuesFlat = sourceValues.flat().filter(String);
+  var targetValuesFlat = targetValues.flat().filter(String);
+
+  for (var i = 0; i < sourceValuesFlat.length; i++) {
+    if (targetValuesFlat.indexOf(sourceValuesFlat[i]) === -1) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}