Re: [libreoffice-users] percentage to get number in Calc

On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 10:54 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: 

> Hi :)
> Hmm, i know BODMAS 'should' calculate that correctly but it's possible that a program or the 
> person typing it in might incorrectly read an equation like that as 
> = 556.85 / (646.15*100)
> Also any further calculations done using the correct percentage would have to remember to divide 
> by 100 which could become cumbersome.  
>
> It is good to know of different ways of handling a problem in case one way is troublesome for 
> some reason that wasn't (or couldn't) be stated earlier in a thread.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
> --- On Mon, 26/9/11, Steve Edmonds <steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com> wrote:
>
> From: Steve Edmonds <steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] percentage to get number in Calc
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Monday, 26 September, 2011, 4:58
>
> Hi. A spreadsheet is a different way of working. At school we would have
> learned 556.85 /646.15*100 to calculate the percentage but formatting in
> the spreadsheet as a percentage saves multiplying by 100.
> steve
>
> On 2011-09-26 16:49, James wrote:
> > On 09/25/11 23:10, Tom Davies wrote:
> > > Hi :)
> > > Ok, say the numbers are written along the top row such that
> > >
> > > A1 = 646.15
> > > A2 = 556.85
> > >
> > > then
> > >
> > > A4 = A2/A1
> > >
> > > Click on A4 and go up to the menus at the top to choose
> > >
> > > Format - Cell - Number
> > > in the first box "Category" select "Percentage"
> > >
> > > I think it's better to avoid keying in the currency symbol and just
> > > format those cells as "Currency" instead of as "Percentages".  That
> > > way you still get the currency symbol anyway but don't have to type
> > > it in.  It also avoids confusions.  Note that i left a gap between
> > > the data and the calculation purely because i think it looks nicer.
> > Thanks for the solution.
> > I feel stupid for making it seem hard. :-)
> > >  
> > > Regards from
> > > Tom :)

The problem with percentages, we are lacking the context. Is it an
intermediate value or the final value? And is the end user the same as
the person crunching the numbers? And finally, what is the best way to
display the data? There is no absolutely correct answer that works in
every situation. Sometimes it is more convenient to display the values
with the % sign and in other cases it may be better to display the
percent value without the % sign after each number.


> > > --- On Mon, 26/9/11, James<bjlockie@lockie.ca>  wrote:
> > >
> > > From: James<bjlockie@lockie.ca>
> > > Subject: [libreoffice-users] percentage to get number in Calc
> > > To: "libreoffice-users Mailing List"<users@global.libreoffice.org>
> > > Date: Monday, 26 September, 2011, 3:46
> > >
> > > I have a number $646.15
> > > and a number $556.85
> > > How do I make a formula in a new cell that is the percentage of the
> > > first number that equals the second number?
> > >
> > >
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