Ahh..  . Did you order the Excel 97 dev kit?  Anyhow I'll read it over 
again for this aspect tonight, I don't recall it covering this.

-Andy

Avik Sengupta wrote:

>My knowledge is only from reading ... and rereading .. and rereading :) the 
>openoffice doc .. and from doing some experimentation with the bug. 
>
>Quoting "Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>>Humm, I'll look this up tonight.  Didn't notice anything that explained 
>>that exactly.
>>
>>-Andy
>>
>>Avik Sengupta wrote:
>>
>>>operand tokens in Excel can be of three classes .. Reference, Value and
>>>
>>Array. 
>>
>>>Each operation (and also each inbuild sheet function) has an expects one 
>>>particular type of operand class. So, for example, + operator expects value
>>>
>>>class operand token, the ROW() function expects a reference class token, and
>>>
>>>the SUM() function expects either value or reference class token. The actual
>>>
>>>token class is a function of the default for that token, the expected token
>>>
>>>class, and the position. 
>>>
>>>Further, functions have a token class for their return values... eg SUM()
>>>
>>and 
>>
>>>ROW() returns value class tokens (ie, their token is FuncV by default).
>>>
>>also, 
>>
>>>as above, that can change based on the position of the function. 
>>>
>>>So, while i know, for eg, that ROW() expects reference class parameter
>>>
>>tokens, 
>>
>>>and returns value class tokens, i do not have this info for all the sheet 
>>>functions. 
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>-
>>>Avik
>>>  
>>>
>>>Quoting "Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>>
>>>>>-
>>>>>Avik
>>>>>
>>>>>PS. While i wait for my Excel dev kit  to negotiate its international
>>>>>
>>>>shipping 
>>>>
>>>>>course, can anybody send me a list of expected param types of all excel
>>>>>
>>>>sheet 
>>>>
>>>>>functions .. it does not seem to be documented in the openoffice doc.
>>>>>
>>thanx.
>>
>>>>elaborate on what you mean..?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
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>>>>>>avik        02/05/06 11:23:24
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Modified:    src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula Ptg.java
>>>>>>                      ReferencePtg.java
>>>>>>             src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel
>>>>>>                      TestFormulas.java
>>>>>>Log:
>>>>>>committing patches supplied by Matthew McClain for bug 8757. This will
>>>>>>handle most cases, since majority formulas expect value class params.
>>>>>>
>>Ptgs
>>
>>>>to
>>>>
>>>>>>be refactored for full functionality
>>>>>>
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