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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Formula help Post 302179405 by era on Thursday 27th of March 2008 03:46:35 PM
Old 03-27-2008
HOME has a utility called gcb which you can download and install. It's probably more exact than your Excel formula, although the web page design (or lack of same) hints that usability might be nearly as bad as Excel.

If you're on Debian or Ubuntu, aptitude install gcb
 

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excel::template::element::backref

Excel::Template::Element::Backref(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation		    Excel::Template::Element::Backref(3pm)

NAME

       Excel::Template::Element::Backref - Excel::Template::Element::Backref

PURPOSE

       Returns the cell location (i.e. B2) of the last cell to name this reference.  To return the location of the entire range of cells to name
       this reference see RANGE.

NODE NAME

       BACKREF

INHERITANCE

       Excel::Template::Element

ATTRIBUTES

       o   REF

	   This is the name of the reference to look up.

CHILDREN

       None

EFFECTS

       None

DEPENDENCIES

       This will only be used within CELL tags.

USAGE

       In the example...

	 <row>
	   <cell ref="this_cell"/><cell ref="that_cell"><cell ref="that_cell">
	 </row>
	 <row>
	   <formula>=<backref ref="this_cell">+<backref ref="that_cell"></formula>
	 </row>

       The formula in row 2 would be =A1+C1.  C1 is the last to reference "that_cell".

AUTHOR

       Rob Kinyon (rkinyon@columbus.rr.com)

SEE ALSO

       CELL, RANGE

perl v5.14.2							    2012-04-29				    Excel::Template::Element::Backref(3pm)
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