I'm collecting survey results in a Google Form using the Script Editor. My script looks like:
function myFunction() {
var formResponses = FormApp.getActiveForm().getResponses();
var allResponses=[];
for (var j = 0; j < formResponses.length; j++) {
var formResponse = formResponses[j];
var itemResponses = formResponse.getItemResponses();
for (var i = 0; i < itemResponses.length; i++) {
var itemResponse = itemResponses[i];
allResponses.push( itemResponse.getResponse() );
}
}
var jsonRes=JSON.stringify(allResponses);
MailApp.sendEmail("noreply@mydomain.com", "Survey Results", jsonRes);
}
This works just fine. Now I would like to add some stats, like calculating the number of results for each response. For that I was like to use ECMA6 Map
in a simple way like:
// flatten the array
var words=allResponses.map(a => a.join(',')).join(',').split(',')
// map reduce and calculate occurrences of the map keys
var chart=[...words.reduce( (m, v) => m.set(v, (m.get(v) || 0) + 1), new Map() )].sort((a,b) => b[1]-a[1])
chart=chart.map(function(i) { return i.join(",")})
chart=chart.map(function(item,index) { return ((index+1)+","+item)})
var jsonRes=JSON.stringify(chart);
This will just output my responses list like
[
"1,responseA,1024",
"2,responseA,956",
"3,responseA,433"
]
etc.
Unexpectedly this will cause an error into the Google Script Editor, so I though it was the ECMA6 arrow operator, so I have moved back to function:
var words=allResponses.map(function(a) { return a.join(',') } ).join(',').split(',');
var map=words.reduce(function(m,v) { return m.set(v, (m.get(v) || 0) + 1)}, new Map() );
// convert back Map entries to Array
var chart = Array.from(map.entries());
chart.sort(function(a,b){ return (b[1]-a[1])});
var jsonRes=JSON.stringify(chart);
Funny story: The Map
object is undefined
ergo Google Script does not support ECMAScript6
or I'm doing something wrong, do I?
[UPDATE]
This is the working Google Script solution thanks to the response below:
function myFunction() {
var formResponses = FormApp.getActiveForm().getResponses();
var allResponses=[];
for (var j = 0; j < formResponses.length; j++) {
var formResponse = formResponses[j];
var itemResponses = formResponse.getItemResponses();
for (var i = 0; i < itemResponses.length; i++) {
var itemResponse = itemResponses[i];
allResponses.push( itemResponse.getResponse() );
}
}
var words=allResponses.map(function(a) { return a.join(',') }).join(',').split(',');
var chart = words.reduce(function(m,v) {m[v] = m[v] ? m[v] + 1 : 1; return m;}, {}); // Added
chart = Object.keys(chart).map(function(k) {return [k, chart[k]]}).sort(function(a,b) {return b[1]-a[1]}); // Added
chart=chart.map(function(i) { return i.join(",")})
chart=chart.map(function(item,index) { return ((index+1)+","+item)})
var jsonRes=JSON.stringify(chart);
MailApp.sendEmail("noreply@mydomain.com", "Survey Results", jsonRes);
}
How about this sample? Google Apps Script cannot use ECMAScript6 yet. So Map.prototype.set()
and Map.prototype.get()
also cannot be used. I modified your script to be able to use at Google Apps Script. The modified script works at GAS.
var chart=[...words.reduce( (m, v) => m.set(v, (m.get(v) || 0) + 1), new Map() )].sort((a,b) => b[1]-a[1])
chart=chart.map(function(i) { return i.join(",")})
chart=chart.map(function(item,index) { return ((index+1)+","+item)})
var jsonRes=JSON.stringify(chart);
var chart = words.reduce(function(m,v) {m[v] = m[v] ? m[v] + 1 : 1; return m;}, {}); // Added
chart = Object.keys(chart).map(function(k) {return [k, chart[k]]}).sort(function(a,b) {return b[1]-a[1]}); // Added
chart=chart.map(function(i) { return i.join(",")})
chart=chart.map(function(item,index) { return ((index+1)+","+item)})
var jsonRes=JSON.stringify(chart);
I don't know whether this is the best modification. Since I didn't know the original data, if this was not useful for you, I'm sorry.