Microsoft Excel is designed to alert users whenever a circular reference is causing problems. Folks who are unable to spot the error can take full advantage of the ...

Enable the Auto-Calculate option. Disable Show Formula option. Check the cell format. Check if the formula is entered correctly. Check for Circular References in the spreadsheet. If the spreadsheet ...

(1) A programming conflict whereby the operation of each of two routines requires the result from the other routine. See recursion. (2) In a spreadsheet, a conflict in which the formula computes the ...

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In both .NET and Java, the garbage collector is smart enough to detect and release circular references. Dealing with circular references in C++ isn't as simple. In the first installment of this series ...