Google-sheets – How to index and locate information on one google sheet file and import it to another file in one formula

In SHEET2 in cell A1, add the following formula:

=IF(AND(Sheet1!A1="s";Sheet1!B1="s";Sheet1!D1="s";Sheet1!F1="s");"s";"invalid")

Is says:

If A1, B1, D1 and F1 in sheet 1 all contain an s then write s else write invalid

With the following little piece of code you can accomplish that.

Code

function myFind() {
  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive(), output = [];
  var findData = ss.getSheetByName('fr').getDataRange().getValues();
  var searchData = ss.getSheetByName('cql').getDataRange().getValues();

  for(var i=1, iLen=findData.length; i<iLen; i++) {  
    for(var j=0, jLen=searchData.length; j<jLen; j++) {
      for(var k=0, kLen=searchData[0].length; k<kLen; k++) {
        var find = findData[i][0];
        if(find == searchData[j][k]) {
          output.push([find, "row "+(j+1)+"; "+"col "+(k+1)]);
        }
      }
    }
  }
  return output;
}

Explained

Both data ranges are "captured" at once via the .getDataRange.getValues() method. The 2d array, that's being returned, includes empty rows and columns. This means that all we need to do is correct for the zero based array and we have a row and column index. Through the iterations (note the var i=1 to skip the header), the result is being pushed into an output array. Finally, the output is returned.

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Example

I've created an example file for you: get cell row and column index