On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 01:16:46AM +0100, Tommaso Cucinotta wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I wish it were possible to make simple computations within
> table cells, like summing up all the rows or columns and computing
> totals. I found the \FPxxxx LaTeX package that allows to perform
> computations. Do you know if it is possible, in LaTeX, to generically
> refer to the contents of other cells in a table through some appropriate
> macro where you provide cell coordinates ?
>
> Thankx, bye,
>
> T.
I actually had a working implementation of simple spreadsheet
functionality in LyX tables (but on the LyX level, not LaTeX
level), where the tabular dialogue presented the current row
and column sums. It wasn't considered acceptable though ("if
you want to use a spreadsheet, use a real one").
I disagreed and disagree with this. Good luck.
- Martin
