get value in one column in spreadsheet using google apps script

Question

I want to get a string value -to compare it later on with an if condition- from only one column in spreadsheet using Google apps script. I searched the internet and I found this link - sorry if this sounds stupid, I am new to Google apps scripts - https://developers.google.com/apps-script/class_spreadsheet

var values = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange(2, 3, 6, 4).getValues();  

I guess that must be helpful, the only problem is that the column I want to get the values from is dynamic so how do I set the range of this column

Answer 1

if you use simply :

var values = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getDataRange().getValues()

You will get a 2 Dimension array of all the data in the sheet indexed by rows and columns.

So to get the value in column A, row1 you use values[0][0] , values[1][0] for columnA, row 2, values[0][2] for column C row1, etc...

If you need to iterate in a for loop (in a single column) :

for(n=0;n<values.length;++n){ var cell = values[n][x] ; // x is the index of the column starting from 0 } 

If you need to iterate in a for loop (in a single row) :

for(n=0;n<values[0].length;++n){ var cell = values[x][n] ; // x is the index of the row starting from 0 }