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 \textbf{Cells}  \textbf{Cells}
   
 Cells may be specified by simply writing their name.  \texttt{A17} will be  Cells may be specified by simply writing their name enclosed in either single quotes or double quotes. 
 replaced with the value in row A column 17 before the Perl is evaluated.  For instance, \texttt{'A17'} and \texttt{"A17"} will be
   replaced with the value in row $A$ column 17 before the Perl command is evaluated.
   
   \noindent
 \textbf{Ranges}  \textbf{Ranges}
   
 Ranges \index{ranges, spreadsheet} specify rectangles of various shapes  Ranges \index{ranges, spreadsheet} specify rectangles of various shapes
Line 13  Ranges must be enclosed in quotes.  Exam Line 15  Ranges must be enclosed in quotes.  Exam
   
 \begin{itemize}  \begin{itemize}
   
 \item \textbf{``*''} - all rows, all columns   \item \texttt{'*'} - all rows, all columns 
 \item \textbf{``B*''} - all rows in column B   \item \texttt{'B*'} - all rows in column B 
 \item \textbf{``*5''} - all columns in row 5   \item \texttt{'*5'} - all columns in row 5 
 \item \textbf{``C5''..``F25''} - all cells in the rectangle between C5 and F25  \item \texttt{'C5'..'F25'} - all cells in the rectangle between C5 and F25
   
 \end{itemize}  \end{itemize}
   
 Many functions accept ranges. For example, \&SUM(``d*'') will add   Many functions accept ranges, see \ref{Spreadsheet_Functions}. For example, \texttt{\&SUM('d*')} will add up all cells in column $d$.
 up all cells in column d.  
   
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 \textbf{Special References}  \textbf{Special References}
   
 There is an additional means of referencing cells most used in the   There is an additional means of referencing cells most used in the 
 \textbf{template row} (\ref{Spreadsheet_Template_Row}).    \textbf{template row} (\ref{Spreadsheet_Template_Row}).  
 By using a ``\#'' in the place of a row number  By using a '\#' in the place of a row number
 the spreadsheet will replace the \# with the current row number.  For example  the spreadsheet will replace the \# with the current row number.  For example
 \texttt{B\#} will be replaced with the contents of cell B7 in the row 7 and  \texttt{'B\#'} will be replaced with the contents of cell $B7$ in the row 7 and
 the contents of B8 in row 8.  the contents of $B8$ in row 8.
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