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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2019
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joseph J. Kaptur, New York, NY (US);
Zachary E. Lloyd, Brooklyn, NY (US);
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of processing data represented as an electronic spreadsheet includes identifying a first cell of a first sheet of the electronic spreadsheet, the first cell having a first cell identifier and including a formula having a first function call, the first function call including an argument having a plurality of formula elements that comprise a second cell identifier. The method further includes identifying, based on the second cell identifier, a second cell that includes a function identifier, and identifying a value of the second cell, wherein the value of the second cell is a string corresponding to a function name corresponding to a second function call to be used in the argument of the first function call. The method further includes determining a result of the formula using the function identifier and the string, wherein the determining comprises performing the first function call to convert the string into the second function call, and performing the second function call to derive the result of the formula. The method further includes causing the result of the formula to be displayed in the first cell of the first sheet of the electronic spreadsheet.