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4.7 Cell Table and Row Blocks
4.7.3 Cell Block
Definition: Cell Block
A Cell Block is in most cases simply a single cell record. In BIFF2 it may be preceded by an IXFE record
containing the index to an XF record.
Structure of a common Cell Block in a Row Block, BIFF2-BIFF8:
○ IXFE Index to XF (BIFF2 only, ➜5.62)
●
BLANK ➜5.7
BOOLERR ➜5.10
INTEGER
LABEL
LABELSST
MULBLANK
MULRK
NUMBER ➜5.71
RK
RSTRING
➜5.60 (BIFF2 only)
➜5.63 (BIFF2-BIFF8)
➜5.65 (BIFF8 only)
➜5.68 (BIFF5-BIFF8)
➜5.69 (BIFF5-BIFF8)
➜5.87 (BIFF3-BIFF8)
➜5.89 (BIFF5-BIFF8)
If the cell contains a formula, there may occur additional records for array formulas (➜4.8), shared formulas (➜4.8),
multiple operation tables (➜4.9), and/or the result string.
Structure of a Formula Cell Block in a Row Block, BIFF2-BIFF8:
○ IXFE Index to XF (BIFF2 only, ➜5.62)
● FORMULA ➜5.50
○
ARRAY
SHAREDFMLA
DATATABLE
DATATABLE2
Top left cell of an array formula (➜5.4)
Top left cell of a shared formula (BIFF5-BIFF8, ➜5.94)
Top left cell of a multiple operations table (➜5.24)
Top left cell of a multiple operations table (➜5.25)
○ STRING Formula cell returns a string value (➜5.102)
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