Re: [libreoffice-users] How do add percentage in Calc?

Hi :)
Ahah, now i see the original question it makes more sense! :)  If A1 is going to contain a normal 
number and A2 a percentage then a 3rd cell such as A3 would be the best place for the answer.  It 
keeps the original number unchanged so that you can check the result.  

In A3 type in the formula given earlier 
=A1+(A1*A2/100)

This assumes the number in A2 is just written as a number without having the % mark after it.  
There is an inconsistency in that if you type in the number and then 
Format - Cell - General - Percentage
then the number would be shown as 290%.  However if you format the relevant cells in advance, in 
the same way, and then type in the number 2.9 then it shows as 2.9%.  Also if you don't bother with 
any formatting and just use the % key on your keyboard to type in 2.9% then it is shown as 2.9% in 
the cell and is treated as a number.  So, obviously it is wise to do a test-run first to see if you 
get the result you expect.  

A percentage is really just a number "over" or "divided by" 100 of course.  So 2.9% is really 
2.9/100 which is obviously 0.029.  Typing in 0.029 can cause further confusion of course. lol

Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Fri, 2/3/12, PDA1 <peace@aleksandrsolzhenitsyn.net> wrote:

From: PDA1 <peace@aleksandrsolzhenitsyn.net>
Subject: [libreoffice-users] How do add percentage in Calc?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Friday, 2 March, 2012,
 21:59

I have no idea how to add a percentage to a number in Calc.

Example;

Cell A1 has the number 100

Cell A2 has a percentage- 2.9%

I want to add 2.9% to the number in A1 so that the answer is in cell A1.  
That is- 100  +2.9%
(just for your reference- the percentage in A2 is always changing from my
input)

How in the world do I do it?






--
View this message in context: 
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/How-do-add-percentage-in-Calc-tp3794847p3794847.html
Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

-- 
For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+help@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/
All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted


-- 
For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+help@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/
All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted