yogi_Split Entries In Sheet 'yC' With Collection Column F Delimited By Specified Character Into DataBase Layout

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Yogi Anand, D.Eng, P.E.      ANAND Enterprises LLC -- Rochester Hills MI     www.energyefficientbuild.com.   Jan-18-2016

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How to generate new rows from multiple comma-separated values in a single column

Hi, I do not have any programming background in JavaScript but have been attempting to do the Apps Script to write codes based on what I read online.

I have reached a roadblock on one of the posts by Martin Hawksey on "Data Shaping in Google Spreadsheet – Generating New Rows from Multiple Values in a Single Column" (https://mashe.hawksey.info/category/mooc/page/4/).

Basically I need to do exactly what he did in his article, and I have my spreadsheet here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gqB4qZOvBXDBITZaxDfe8pUmx3EObLiUcIzmZ1U1xLg/edit?usp=sharing 

In the tab Form Responses 2, I have a Google form linked to it whereby people can enter multiple names by separating them with commas. I need to generate new rows from each name, and have the other columns and their contents duplicated into the corresponding rows. However when I try to use the below code, I am still unable to obtain the new rows with each name.

Is anyone kind enough to assist?

function splitColumnAndRepeatRows(anArray, splitColumnIndex) {
  var output = [];
  for (var i = 0; i < anArray.length; i++) { // for each row
    var splitArray = anArray[i][splitColumnIndex].toString().split("\n"); // split values in specified column
    for (var j = 0; j < splitArray.length; j++) { // for each split cell value
      if (splitArray[j] == "" && j >= 1)
        continue;
      var row = anArray[i].slice(0); // take a copy of source row
      row[splitColumnIndex] = splitArray[j];
      output.push(row); // push new row to output
    }
  }
  return output;
}

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