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import traceback
import uno

def GetNamedRanges():
    """Returns a list of the named ranges in the document.
    """
    try:
        desktop = XSCRIPTCONTEXT.getDesktop()
        model = desktop.getCurrentComponent()
        rangeNames = model.NamedRanges.ElementNames
        result = []
        for i in rangeNames:
            range = model.NamedRanges.getByName(i).Content
            result.append((i, range))
        return result
    except Exception as e:
        print("Caught Exception: " + str(e))
        tb = e.__traceback__
        traceback.print_tb(tb)
        return None

def DefineNamedRange(sheet, x0, y0, width, height, name):
    """Defines a new (or replaces an existing) named range on a sheet,
    using zero-based absolute coordinates
    """
    desktop = XSCRIPTCONTEXT.getDesktop()
    model = desktop.getCurrentComponent()
    # FIXME: Is there some Python-callable API to turn a row and column into an A1 string?
    # This obviously works only for the first 26 columns.
    abc = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
    content = sheet +"!" + "$" + abc[x0 : x0+1] + "$" + str(y0+1) + ":" + "$" + abc[x0+width-1 : x0+width] + "$" + str(y0+height)
    position = uno.createUnoStruct('com.sun.star.table.CellAddress')
    position.Sheet = 0
    position.Column = 0
    position.Row = 0
    model.NamedRanges.addNewByName(name, content, position, 0)
    return None