[01:27:17] <mhbridgebot>	 [discord] <dross> Yeah, that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid. It's a sheet which can't really have manual input. Basically what I'm doing is splitting names to create a unique pair of initials (John Doe becomes JD and Jane Doe becomes like AD), which should never change once assigned
[01:30:12] <mhbridgebot>	 [discord] <Jessica> you can probably do it through this <https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/sheets>
[01:30:13] <mhbridgebot>	 [discord] <Dyno> @Jessica That link is not allowed.
[01:30:13] <MirahezeBot>	 [url] Extending Google Sheets | Apps Script | Google Developers | developers.google.com
[01:38:58] <mhbridgebot>	 [discord] <NotAracham> Wow, that is now getting into wild stuff I don't know how to get GSheets to do natively, I'm more familiar w/ excel VBA scripting for this flavor of weirdness without a proper database.
[01:39:11] <mhbridgebot>	 [discord] <NotAracham> Something that came up in my googling that might give you a lead...
[01:39:12] <mhbridgebot>	 [discord] <NotAracham> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56514985/how-to-make-google-sheet-formula-just-calculate-once
[01:39:12] <MirahezeBot>	 [url] keyboard shortcuts - How to make google sheet formula just calculate once? - Stack Overflow | stackoverflow.com