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January 22, 2016 21:35
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Google Script to populate a list in Google Forms from Google Sheets
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/** | |
After any change in the sheet, update the combobox options in the Form | |
*/ | |
function onChange(e) { | |
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets()[0]; | |
var range = sheet.getDataRange(); | |
var values = range.getValues(); | |
var comboValues = []; // <-- cheddar will go here | |
// in this example we are interested in column 0 and discarding row 1 (the titles) | |
for (var i = 1; i <= values.length; i++) { | |
var v = values[i] && values[i][0]; | |
v && comboValues.push(v) | |
} | |
// Sort the values alphabetically, case-insensitive | |
comboValues.sort( | |
function(a, b) { | |
if (a.toLowerCase() < b.toLowerCase()) return -1; | |
if (a.toLowerCase() > b.toLowerCase()) return 1; | |
return 0; | |
} | |
); | |
Logger.log(comboValues); | |
// Use your form ID here. You can get it from the URL | |
var form = FormApp.openById('<my-form-id>'); | |
/* | |
Uncomment this to display the item IDs | |
and pick the one that you want to modify | |
var items = form.getItems(); | |
for (i = 0; i < items.length; i++) { | |
Logger.log("ID: " + items[i].getId(), ': ' + items[i].getType()); | |
} | |
*/ | |
form.getItemById(807137578).asListItem().setChoiceValues(comboValues); | |
}; |
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