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Example -- Importing Data From an Excel Application
Assume that you have an Excel spreadsheet stocks.xls
. This spreadsheet contains the prices of three stocks in row 3 (columns 1 through 3) and the number of shares of these stocks in rows 6 through 8 (column 2). Initiate conversation with Excel with the command
DDE functions require the r
x
c
y
reference style for Excel worksheets. In Excel terminology the prices are in r3c1:r3c3
and the shares in r6c2:r8c2
.
Request the prices from Excel:
Next, request the number of shares of each stock:
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