--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_HowTo.tex 2003/10/14 16:03:51 1.2
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_HowTo.tex 2010/08/23 16:16:18 1.4
@@ -4,17 +4,19 @@
To take the sum of column ``M'', for example, use \texttt{\&SUM(``M*'')}\index{SUM}
+\noindent
\textbf{Spreadsheet Lists}
+
When you have a list of numbers in a cell, how it is displayed depends
on how you separate the numbers and how Perl interprets the results.
-\textbf{35 45 12} will not generate any result because this is an
-invalid perl statement.
+\texttt{35 45 12} will not generate any result because this is an
+invalid Perl statement.
-\textbf{35,45,12} will have a result of 12 because Perl has a comma
+\texttt{35,45,12} will have a result of 12 because Perl has a comma
operator similar to the comma operator\index{comma operator} in C.
The comma operator is binary and returns the value on its right. Thus
\texttt{\$variable = 15, 26;} assigns \texttt{\$variable} the value
26. If you need the values to all be displayed, enclose the entire
-cell contents in quotes.
+cell contents in quote marks.