Re: [libreoffice-users] Showing cell contents as text in calc. (Not evaluating the formula the text represents)

The thing is that I don't want it recognised as a formula. I want to 
enter that text as an example or say =C4 as another example and not have 
it recognised as a formula.
Steve
On 2013-06-13 14:50, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> Ditch the curly braces.  They prevent the formula inside from being recognized as a formula.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Deaton [mailto:tim@timdeaton.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 05:42 PM
> To: Steve Edmonds
> Cc: NickKolok; LibreOffice
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Showing cell contents as text in calc. (Not evaluating the formula 
> the text represents)
>
> Maybe it's a difference between the different language settings, or the
> operating system.  I'm using LO Version 3.6.6.2 (Build ID: f969faf) on
> Windows 7 64-bit, and my language setting is USA English.
>
> First I copied the formula from below, including the curly brackets, and
> pasted it into calc.  It behaved as a string, not a formula.
> Next, I copied it again, and then changed the S31 to S32.  Still behaved
> as a string.
> Third, I typed the formula in from scratch.  Still behaved as a string.
> Fourth, I grabbed the handle on the bottom right corner of the cell and
> dragged down to copy.  Still a string.
>
> But about this time, I noticed that the first two cells had blank spaces
> after the end of the entry.  the third and forth cells (the one I had
> typed from scratch, and the copy made by dragging down from that one)
> didn't.
>
> Finally, I clicked into the fourth cell to change S31 to S32. When I did
> so, the curly brackets disappeared, the cell references took on colors,
> and the lines appeared around the cells included in the arrays.  BUT -
> when I hit ENTER, the text became a string again, complete with the
> curly brackets that had disappeared while I was editing it.
>
> Maybe if I knew something about the kind of math represented by these
> functions, I'd have a better clue.  But I know nothing about that level
> of math.
>
> -- Tim
> ===========================
>
> On 6/12/2013 6:07 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply, please click into the cell and change S31 to
> > S32. Do the contents change into a formula or stay as text.
> > Steve
> > On 2013-06-13 09:59, NickKolok wrote:
> > >    Greetings from Russia!
> > >
> > > I opened LibreOffice Calc (4.0.3) fnd simply copy-pasted the following:
> > > {=MMULT(MINVERSE(A14:R31),S14:S31)}
> > >
> > > into an empty cell on a empty book.
> > > It is displaying as text, not calculating a formula.What am I d oing
> > > wrong?
> > >
> > >
> > > Четверг, 13 июня 2013, 9:44 +12:00 от Steve Edmonds
> > > <steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com>:
> > > > Hi.
> > > > I want to enter {=MMULT(MINVERSE(A14:R31),S14:S31)} in a cell and to
> > > > display this as the text "{=MMULT(MINVERSE(A14:R31),S14:S31)}" (without
> > > > the "" quotes). Formatting the cell as text doesn't help. I thought
> > > > once
> > > > you could prepend with a ' to define the characters following as left
> > > > aligned text but not show the '. This does not seem to work any more,
> > > > there must be a simple solution I am missing.
> > > > Cheers, steve
> > > >
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