From 4452d3210ee991f5f20b266c8ab3f9989a325726 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rushmore75 <oliveratkinsoneng@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:46:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] start on #47

---
 src/app/clipboard.rs  | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 src/app/logic/cell.rs | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/clipboard.rs b/src/app/clipboard.rs
index f74810a..62bcee9 100644
--- a/src/app/clipboard.rs
+++ b/src/app/clipboard.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ impl Clipboard {
         // cursor
         let (cx, cy) = into.cursor();
 
+        // iterate thru the clipbaord's cells
         for (x, row) in self.clipboard.iter().enumerate() {
             for (y, cell) in row.iter().enumerate() {
                 let idx = (x + cx, y + cy);
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ impl Clipboard {
                         let trans = cell.translate_cell(self.source_cell, into.cursor());
                         into.set_cell_raw(idx, Some(trans));
                     } else {
-                        // cell doesn't exist, no need to translate
+                        // The cell at this location doesn't exist (empty)
                         into.set_cell_raw::<CellType>(idx, None);
                     }
                 } else {
@@ -349,4 +350,20 @@ fn copy_paste_y_locked_var() {
     Mode::process_key(&mut app, 'p');
     let c = app.grid.get_cell("B2").as_ref().expect("Just set it");
     assert_eq!(c.to_string(), "=B$0");
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn issue_47() {
+    let mut app = App::new();
+    app.grid.set_cell("A0", 4.to_string());
+    Mode::process_key(&mut app, 'j');
+
+    app.grid.set_cell("A1", "=math::log2(A0)".to_string());
+    app.mode = super::mode::Mode::Chord(Chord::new('y'));
+    Mode::process_key(&mut app, 'y');
+    Mode::process_key(&mut app, 'j');
+    Mode::process_key(&mut app, 'p');
+
+    let a = app.grid.get_cell("A2").as_ref().expect("Should've been set by paste");
+    assert_eq!(a.to_string(), "=math::log2(A1)");
+}
diff --git a/src/app/logic/cell.rs b/src/app/logic/cell.rs
index a193550..ff10cbb 100644
--- a/src/app/logic/cell.rs
+++ b/src/app/logic/cell.rs
@@ -54,17 +54,20 @@ impl CellType {
         }
     }
 
+    /// `replace_fn` takes the string, the old value, and then the new value.
+    /// It can be thought of as `echo $1 | sed s/$2/$3/g`
     pub fn custom_translate_cell(&self, from: (usize, usize), to: (usize, usize), replace_fn: impl Fn(&str, &str, &str) -> String) -> CellType {
         match self {
             // don't translate non-equations
             CellType::Number(_) | CellType::String(_) => return self.clone(),
             CellType::Equation(eq) => {
-                // extract all the variables
+                // Populate the context
                 let ctx = ExtractionContext::new();
                 let _ = eval_with_context(eq, &ctx);
 
-                let mut rolling = eq.clone();
+                let mut equation = eq.clone();
                 // translate standard vars A0 -> A1
+                // extract all the variables
                 for old_var in ctx.dump_vars() {
                     let mut lock_x = false;
                     let mut lock_y = false;
@@ -76,20 +79,18 @@ impl CellType {
                                 if locations[0] == 0 {
                                     // locking the X axis (A,B,C...)
                                     lock_x = true;
-                                } else if locations[0] < old_var.len() {
+                                } else {
                                     // inside the string somewhere, gonna assume this means to lock Y (1,2,3...)
                                     lock_y = true;
-
-                                } else {
-                                    // where tf is this dollar sign?
-                                    // (It's somewhere malformed, like A0$ or something)
                                 }
                             }
                             2 => {
-                                // YOLO, lock both X & Y
-                                continue; // just pretend you never even saw this var
+                                // Ignore this variable all together, effectively lockng X & Y
+                                continue; 
                             }
                             _ => {
+                                // There are 0 or >2 "$" in this string.
+                                //
                                 // Could probably optimize the code or something so you only go over the string
                                 // once, instead of contains() then getting the indexes of where it is.
                                 // You could then put your no-$ code here.
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ impl CellType {
                     }
                     
                     if let Some((src_x, src_y)) = Grid::parse_to_idx(&old_var) {
+                        // Use i32s instead of usize in case of negative numbers
                         let (x1, y1) = from;
                         let x1 = x1 as i32;
                         let y1 = y1 as i32;
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ impl CellType {
                         let alpha = Grid::num_to_char(dest_x);
                         let alpha = alpha.trim();
 
+                        // Persist the "$" locking
                         let new_var = if lock_x {
                             format!("${alpha}{dest_y}")
                         } else if lock_y {
@@ -128,15 +131,14 @@ impl CellType {
                             format!("{alpha}{dest_y}")
                         };
 
-
                         // swap out vars
-                        rolling = replace_fn(&rolling, &old_var, &new_var);
+                        equation = replace_fn(&equation, &old_var, &new_var);
                         // rolling = rolling.replace(&old_var, &new_var);
                     } else {
                         // why you coping invalid stuff, nerd?
                     }
                 }
-                return rolling.into();
+                return equation.into();
             }
         }
     }