Add numbers in selected text

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Russell May
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Add numbers in selected text

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I would like to be able to add numbers in selected text (subtract negative numbers) to get a sum. WordStar is the only editor or word processor that I know which does this. Word does it only for numbers in tables. It is especially useful for numbers in columns, which would be Block Select Mode for Textpad.
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ramonsky
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Somewhere (?) there is a suggestion to allow the passing of selected text to an arbitrary tool - a suggestion which I support and which would certainly solve your problem.
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Russell May wrote:I would like to be able to add numbers in selected text (subtract negative numbers) to get a sum. WordStar is the only editor or word processor that I know which does this. Word does it only for numbers in tables. It is especially useful for numbers in columns, which would be Block Select Mode for Textpad.
A way around would be to block mark the column and copy it in Excel.
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