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Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston created the first spreadsheet application, VisiCalc, in 1979. Spreadsheets allow users to enter numeric values or formulas into cells organized in a table. Formulas can reference other cells to calculate values based on their contents. The input describes a simple spreadsheet application that accepts multiple spreadsheets with integer values and formulas that only support addition. It outputs the spreadsheets with all formulas replaced by their calculated values.

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Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston created the first spreadsheet application, VisiCalc, in 1979. Spreadsheets allow users to enter numeric values or formulas into cells organized in a table. Formulas can reference other cells to calculate values based on their contents. The input describes a simple spreadsheet application that accepts multiple spreadsheets with integer values and formulas that only support addition. It outputs the spreadsheets with all formulas replaced by their calculated values.

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196 Spreadsheet

In 1979, Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston wrote VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet application. It be-
came a huge success and, at that time, was the killer application for the Apple II computers. Today,
spreadsheets are found on most desktop computers.
The idea behind spreadsheets is very simple, though powerful. A spreadsheet consists of a table
where each cell contains either a number or a formula. A formula can compute an expression that
depends on the values of other cells. Text and graphics can be added for presentation purposes.
You are to write a very simple spreadsheet application. Your program should accept several spread-
sheets. Each cell of the spreadsheet contains either a numeric value (integers only) or a formula, which
only support sums. After having computed the values of all formulas, your program should output the
resulting spreadsheet where all formulas have been replaced by their value.

Input
The first line of the input file contains the number of spreadsheets to follow. A spreadsheet starts with
a line consisting of two integer numbers, separated by a space, giving the number of columns and rows.
The following lines of the spreadsheet each contain a row. A row consists of the cells of that row,
separated by a single space.
A cell consists either of a numeric integer value or of a formula. A formula starts with an equal sign
(=). After that, one or more cell names follow, separated by plus signs (+). The value of such a formula
is the sum of all values found in the referenced cells. These cells may again contain a formula. There
are no spaces within a formula.
You may safely assume that there are no cyclic dependencies between cells. So each spreadsheet
can be fully computed.
The name of a cell consists of one to three letters for the column followed by a number between 1
and 999 (including) for the row. The letters for the column form the following series: A, B, C, ..., Z,
AA, AB, AC, ..., AZ, BA, ..., BZ, CA, ..., ZZ, AAA, AAB, ..., AAZ, ABA, ..., ABZ, ACA, ..., ZZZ.
These letters correspond to the number from 1 to 18278. The top left cell has the name ‘A1’.
See Figure 1.

A1 B1 C1 D1 E1 F1 ...
A2 B2 C2 D2 E2 F2 ...
A3 B3 C3 D3 E3 F3 ...
A4 B4 C4 D4 E4 F4 ...
A5 B5 C5 D5 E5 F5 ...
A6 B6 C6 D6 E6 F6 ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Figure 1: Naming of the top left cells

Output
The output of your program should have the same format as the input, except that the number of
spreadsheets and the number of columns and rows are not repeated. Furthermore, all formulas should
be replaced by their value.
Universidad de Valladolid OJ: 196 – Spreadsheet 2/2

Sample Input
1
4 3
10 34 37 =A1+B1+C1
40 17 34 =A2+B2+C2
=A1+A2 =B1+B2 =C1+C2 =D1+D2

Sample Output
10 34 37 81
40 17 34 91
50 51 71 172

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