Usage

Suppose we have the following table with heights of family members.

Example table.

Example table.

Since Janie and Johnny have not reached full height, we might want to export their heights as input variables. Suppose we are interested in the average height and the tallest person in this family. This information goes to the “Interface” sheet.

Example interface.

Example interface.

In this sheet we put the input variables in column B and references to the values in column C. The value of C4 is =$Sheet1.C5 and that of C5 is =$Sheet1.C6.

Likewise, the output variables are put in column E and references to the values in column F. The value of F4 is =$Sheet1.C7 and that of F5 is =$Sheet1.C9.

Command line interface

With the command line interface, the input and output table can be read.

$ spreadscript read_input data/test.ods
{"height_janie": 1.41, "height_johnny": 1.52}

$ spreadscript read_output data/test.ods
{"tallest": 1.76, "average": 1.5775}

To manipulate the input, use the process subcommand:

$ spreadscript process data/test.ods  '{"height_johnny": 1.56}'
{"tallest": 1.76, "average": 1.5875}