--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_Functions.tex 2002/07/26 19:53:59 1.2 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_Functions.tex 2003/08/29 21:08:40 1.4 @@ -1,37 +1,48 @@ \label{Spreadsheet_Functions} -The following functions are available in the spreadsheet: +The following special functions are available in the spreadsheet. +Please see \textbf{Referencing Cells} (\ref{Spreadsheet_Referencing_Cells}) +for information on specifying cells and ranges. \begin{itemize} \item \texttt{\&NUM(range)} - number of non-empty cells in range +\index{NUM} \item \texttt{\&BIN(low, high, range)} - number of non-empty cells in range with values between low and high +\index{BIN} \item \texttt{\&SUM(range)} - sum of the non-empty cells in range +\index{SUM} \item \texttt{\&MEAN(range)} - mean value of non-empty cells in range +\index{MEAN} \item \texttt{\&STDDEV(range)} - standard deviation of non-empty cells in range +\index{STDDEV} \item \texttt{\&PROD(range)} - product of non-empty cells in range +\index{PROD} \item \texttt{\&MAX(range)} - maximum value of non-empty cell in range +\index{MAX} \item \texttt{\&MIN(range)} - minimum value of non-empty cells in range +\index{MIN} \item \texttt{\&SUMMAX(n ,range)} - sum of the maximum n non-empty cells in range +\index{SUMMAX} \item \texttt{\&SUMMIN(n, range)} - sum of the minimum n non-empty cells in range +\index{SUMMIN} \item \texttt{\&EXT(expression)} - access to EXT function in lonnet +\index{EXT} \end{itemize} -In addition, non-IO Perl functions work in cells, which is internally -evaluated within a safe space. Field names and Column-Row combinations -can be used as variables. \ No newline at end of file +In addition, most non-IO Perl functions work in cells.