[jQuery] Excel-like table functions

[jQuery] Excel-like table functions


Hi,
I am trying to implement Excel-like functions on an html table. Some
of the cells are static and contain calculations and some have input
boxes in them. The change event of the input boxes fires a
recalculation function. This function does some Excel-like
calculations on the table data. I am using Dan Switzer's calculation
plug-in that works wonderfully. However, the calculations are fairly
complex and the process is too slow. I have tried putting the jQuery
elements into variables for reuse; using slice on these variables and
many other things to speed it up without success.
I know Google's spreadsheet docs offer this type of functionality
(although I have not thoroughly tested its performance), so I assume
it is something I am doing wrong. Any pointers, examples, links, etc.
to help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave