Re: [libreoffice-users] difference between Excel and Calc

At 12:53 26/01/2016 +0000, Ian McCarthy wrote:
> I'm porting a spread sheet from Excel to LibreOffice Calc and I've 
> fallen over an incompatibility as spread sheet will be used by both 
> tools is there a switch I can use. The problem =CELL("filename",A1) 
> in LO returns 'file:///C:/Users/Ian 
> Mac/Desktop/Accounts15-16.xls'#$Sep 15 whereas in Excel the returned 
> data is different can't easily paste the excel result here but the 
> terminal filename is in square brackets is there a way I can either 
> spot which program I'm using and therefore switch the detection of 
> the sheet name

Here's a thought: perhaps you don't need to. How are you intending to 
use the file name?

o If it is just for human perusal, either in the spreadsheet editing 
screen or printed output, it may not matter that the formats vary 
slightly. Humans are good at coping with such variations.

o If you need the file name or some part of it in a precise form for 
further processing in the spreadsheet, you may well already be 
editing it with formulae into the form you require. In that case, it 
should be fairly straightforward to construct a single formula that 
will extract the exact form you require regardless of which format is 
delivered by the CELL() function. There is always the IF() function ...

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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