Method and system in an electronic spreadsheet for persistently self-replicating multiple ranges of cells through a copy-paste operation
CA 2357653 C · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Bauchot, Frederic
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The present invention relates to the field of information processing by digital computers and more particularly to a method and system for persistently self replicating multiple ranges of cells through a copy-paste operation in a multi dimensional spreadsheet comprising a plurality of cells identified by a cell address along each dimension a range of cells comprising one or a plurality of cells The method comprises the steps of: ~ defining a set of ranges of cells each range of cells having the same size; ~ each time the content of a range of cells belonging to this set is changed automatically performing a self-replication operation the self-replication operation comprising the steps of: ~ …
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- Filed September 24, 2001 and granted July 12, 2011. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 24, 2021.
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