Edit User's Guide and Reference Manual

Introduction to Ranges
Range Summary
058061 Tandem Computers Incorporated 5–3
Figure 5-1 illustrates the concept of line and column ranges.
Figure 5-1. Concept of Ranges (Lines and Columns)
For this exercise in ACCOUNTING 1A, you will use just part of
the tax table on the W-4 form for employees withholding
allowances. Table 1-B contains the information that we will be
using this week. Do not lose this copy; you will need it for
subsequent exercises.
Table 1-B
Estimated Salaries
and Wages from All Single Head of
Sources Employees Household
(A) (B) (A) (B)
Under $15,000 $ 90 $170 0 $170
15,000–25,000 120 260 0 270
25,001–35,000 170 330 0 330
35,001–45,000 240 400 0 400
45,001–55,000 540 400 0 400
55,001–65,000 1,060 400 0 400
Over 65,000 2,050 400 $550 400
In the workbook, "Accounting In the 20th Century," look on page
303 and begin filling in the blanks using Table 1-B.
1) $ACCT.TAXES.CREDITS 1/24 1:79
Column range
Line range
EDIT recognizes nine specific range parameters in the various editor
commands. Four of these ranges are called “range-list” parameters
and are based on one of the four simpler ranges. “List” tells you
that the range can contain more than one range, and each range is
listed on the command line. For example, this command line contains a
line-range parameter:
*LIST FIRST/20