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! 3: \textbf{Summing up columns}
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! 5: To take the sum of column ``M'', for example, use \texttt{\&SUM(``M*'')}\index{SUM}
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! 7: \textbf{Spreadsheet_Lists}
! 8: When you have a list of numbers in a cell, how it is displayed depends
! 9: on how you separate the numbers and how Perl interprets the results.
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! 11: \textbf{35 45 12} will not generate any result because this is an
! 12: invalid perl statement.
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! 14: \textbf{35,45,12} will have a result of 12 because Perl has a comma
! 15: operator similar to the comma operator\index{comma operator} in C.
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! 17: The comma operator is binary and returns the value on its right. Thus
! 18: \texttt{\$variable = 15, 26;} assigns \texttt{\$variable} the value
! 19: 26. If you need the values to all be displayed, enclose the entire
! 20: cell contents in quotes.
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