Manuals/calci/CELL

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CELL(type,reference)


  • specifies what type of information we want.
  • is the cell we want to retrieve information.

Description

  • This function is used to retrieve information about a cell
  • The information about the cell can be the contents,size, formatting etc.
  • specifies what type of information we want.
  • is the cell we want to retrieve information.
  • is optional.
  • If is omitted, the last cell that was changed will be taken
Type Value Returned
"address" Address of the cell. If the cell refers to a range, it is the first cell in the range.
"col" Column number of the cell.
"color" Returns 1 if the color is a negative value; Otherwise it returns 0.
"contents" Contents of the upper-left cell.
"filename" Filename of the file that contains reference.
"format" Number format of the cell. See example formats below.
"parentheses" Returns 1 if the cell is formatted with parentheses; Otherwise, it returns 0.
"prefix" Label prefix for the cell.
  • Returns a single quote (') if the cell is left-aligned.
  • Returns a double quote (") if the cell is right-aligned.
  • Returns a caret (^) if the cell is center-aligned.
  • Returns a back slash (\) if the cell is fill-aligned.
  • Returns an empty text value for all others
"protect" Returns 1 if the cell is locked. Returns 0 if the cell is not locked.
"row" Row number of the cell.
"type"
  • Returns "b" if the cell is empty.
  • Returns "l" if the cell contains a text constant.
  • Returns "v" for all others
"width" Column width of the cell, rounded to the nearest integer.

Examples

Spreadsheet
A B C D E
1 2 3 7 9 15
2 8 12 13 20 25
3 14 3 9 6 15
  • =CELL("address",A2) :
  • =CELL("col",A2) : 1
  • =CELL("row",A2) : 2
  • =CELL("type",A3) : v
  • =CELL("width",A3):102

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