Re: [libreoffice-users]

Hi David,

david_lynch schrieb:
> The formatting in my previous message was mangled. I have reformatted using
> | for column separator and _ for null character.
>
>
> I can't seem to get Calc to recognise column labels in array formulas. In
> addition, it seems to behave differently depending on whether there is
> number or text in the cells:
>
> With text
>
> val|new val|result_|formula in previous column___|expected
> _a|______|new val|{=IF('new val'="",'val','new val')}|_a
> _a|__d___|new val|{=IF('new val'="",'val','new val')}|_d
>
> With numbers
>
> num|new num|result|formula in previous column______|expected
> _12_|_______|_12_|{=IF('new num'="",'num','new num')}|_12
> _23_|___24__|_23_|{=IF('new num'="",'num','new num')}|_24

If the content is text and the first cell is empty, then the automatic 
label detection might fail. In those cases define the label explicitly 
with Insert > Names > Labels.

Why do you need a matrix formula? And how do you enter it?

Kind regards
Regina


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