Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc IF problem

On Sun, 20 Oct 2013 18:10:32 +0100
Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com> wrote:

> Sums?  But sums (along with differences) often do 
> need parentheses, of course: it's products and quotients that often
> don't.
You're right, my bad; I meant around parts of formulas, calculations,
expressions or whatever you want to call them, depending on context.

> "Sometimes differing"?!  Is this the new mathematics?  ;^)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations lists a couple of
exception cases. I recall coming across differing orders between two
programming languages in the past, although to be honest I can't
remember where. It does seem to be unusual corner cases, but it's worth
noting that those corners could be very sharp indeed.

> Chacun à son goût, of course.
Exactly.

Paul

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