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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2018
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher John Gross, Seattle, WA (US);
Johnny Campbell, Woodinville, WA (US);
Claudio Vittorio Russo, Girton, GB;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Examples discussed herein relate to rending lambdas in spreadsheet application, e.g., Microsoft Excel®. In an implementation, a method of rendering lambdas in a spreadsheet application is disclosed. The method includes accessing a data object corresponding to the lambda function. The data object includes a listing of metadata associated with the lambda function and one or more items of the metadata identify rendering functionality for the lambda function. The method further includes creating a visual representation of the lambda function based, at least in part, on the rendering functionality for the lambda function, and rendering, in the cell of the spreadsheet on a display screen of the computing device, the visual representation of the lambda function.