Re: [libreoffice-users] calc compliance with openformula

Den 20 april 2012 15:57 skrev e-letter <inpost@gmail.com>:
> Readers,
>
> According to the specification for openformula (see:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-v1.2-os-part2.html),
> the syntax for the function 'sum' is:
>
> SUM( { NumberSequenceList N }+ )
>
> e.g. SUM(a1+b2)

”a1+a2” is NOT a Number Sequence List. ”a1;a2” is.
What happens in your example, is that a1 and a2 are first calculated
and then sent to the function SUM, which then doesn't have very much
more to do than just returning its input value. So if a1=5 and a2=7,
then SUM's argument is 12. So SUM calculates the sum of 12 in this
case, which is very unnecessary.

On the other hand, with syntax ”=SUM(a1;a2₎”, a1 and a2 are sent to
SUM, and SUM calculates and returns the sum.

> However in calc the function:
>
> =a1+b2
>
> still produces a correct result. Isn't the logical behaviour for the
> second function to return an error, for non-compliance with the
> standard.

No. ”=a1+a2” has nothing to do with the SUM function at all.

> This is being asked for learning if it is better to use the
> official syntax or accept that these "short-cuts" exist.

It's not a short-cut, since it has nothing to do with the SUM
function, see above.


> LO334

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