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Subject: Re: [office-formula] 3-d references
On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 18:23 +0100, Eike Rathke wrote: > Hi ericpa, > > On Tuesday, 2008-11-25 05:16:43 +0000, ericpa@microsoft.com wrote: > > > Reading through section 5.8, I have a question about 3-d referencing. > > Given a reference of the form: =SUM(['Sheet1'.B4:'S heet2'.C5]) > > > > Does the specfication explicitly define how to interpret references of > > this type when there are more than 2 sheets involved? Excel, for > > example will sum the cells in the specified workbooks AND all cells in > > sheets that are positioned between the 2 sheets. > > Same with Calc. I think we don't mention it explicitly at other places, > but 6.3.10 Infix Operator Reference Range (":") says > > | Takes two references and computes the range, that is, a reference to the > | smallest 3-dimensional cube of cells that include both Left and Right. > > A cube to my understanding does include all atoms in between corners, > sides and edges ;-) > While this may be what "cube" means it seems to me that the shape of the space matters: In this context most users will likely think of the sheets as layers and so "cube" appears to mean (to me at least): for 'Sheet1'.B4:'Sheet3'.C5 with Sheet2 located between Sheet1 and Sheet3: the union of the ranges B4:C5 on all sheets, ie. a total of 3 times 2 times 2 = 12 cells, (3 sheets, 2 rows, 2 columns) I think interpreting this to be ranges B4:C5 on Sheets 1 and 3 but all of sheet 2 does _not_ fit into the normal understanding of "cube". Andreas >
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