Using formulas within nlapiSearchRecord columns - netsuite

Question

When using adhoc nlapiSearchRecord within scripts, such as:
var filters = new Array();
var columns = new Array();
filters[0] = new nlobjSearchFilter('isinactive', null, 'is', 'F' );
filters[1] = new nlobjSearchFilter('vendorcost', null, 'greaterthan', 0);
filters[2] = new nlobjSearchFilter('internalid', 'vendor', 'anyof', vendorid );
columns[0] = new nlobjSearchColumn('itemid');
columns[1] = new nlobjSearchColumn('entityid', 'vendor');
columns[2] = new nlobjSearchColumn('vendorcode');
columns[3] = new nlobjSearchColumn('formulanumeric');
columns[3].setFormula('{vendorcost}');
columns[4] = new nlobjSearchColumn('vendorpricecurrency');
columns[5] = new nlobjSearchColumn('isinactive');
columns[6] = new nlobjSearchColumn('vendor');
columns[7] = new nlobjSearchColumn('averagecost');
columns[8] = new nlobjSearchColumn('lastpurchaseprice');
columns[9] = new nlobjSearchColumn('custitem_costrepl');
var searchresults = nlapiSearchRecord('item', null, filters, columns );
How do I retrieve the value of the formula in column 3?
I've tried searchresults.getValue(column[3])) and searchresults.getValue(3)) but both fail.
The reason for this, is some of our vendorcost values are 4 or 5 decimal places, but the most decimal precision the plain search returns is 3.

Answer 1

You are ignoring the fact that searchResults is an array
And there are multiple ways:
Option#1 //works always
searchresults[INDEX].getValue(searchresults[INDEX].getAllColumns()[3]);
Option#2 //works always - same as what you tried, but, you missed array
searchresults[i].getValue(columns[3]);
Option#3 //use only if you have one numeric formula
searchresults[INDEX].getValue('formulanumeric');

Answer 2

var filters = new Array();
filters[0] = new nlobjSearchFilter('isinactive', null, 'is', 'F');
filters[1] = new nlobjSearchFilter('vendorcost', null, 'greaterthan', 0);
filters[2] = new nlobjSearchFilter('internalid', 'vendor', 'anyof', vendorid);
var columns = new Array();
columns[0] = new nlobjSearchColumn('itemid');
columns[1] = new nlobjSearchColumn('entityid', 'vendor');
columns[2] = new nlobjSearchColumn('vendorcode');
columns[3] = new nlobjSearchColumn('formulanumeric').setFormula('{vendorcost}'); // you can use formula inline
columns[4] = new nlobjSearchColumn('vendorpricecurrency');
columns[5] = new nlobjSearchColumn('isinactive');
columns[6] = new nlobjSearchColumn('vendor');
columns[7] = new nlobjSearchColumn('averagecost');
columns[8] = new nlobjSearchColumn('lastpurchaseprice');
columns[9] = new nlobjSearchColumn('custitem_costrepl');
var searchresults = nlapiSearchRecord('item', null, filters, columns);
for (var i = 0; searchresults != null && i < searchresults.length; i++) {
var vendorcost = searchresults[i].getValue(columns[3]); // gives you the formula field value
}