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Why are we defending invalid output of a function?

When I send invalid data like range to a function, say ABS(c1:c4), I expect
it to return an error (#VALUE! comes up in linux).

In linux on LO 6.0.7, I'm getting the 2nd value in the range as a valid
output of the function CONCATENATE(C1:C4).  That is erroneous. broken.
should-not-happen.

This thread is about CONCATENATE being disfunctional in that it accepts
ranges, but does not act on them correctly. Please stop referring to CONCAT
as the reason that CONCATENATE is broken.

However, in regard to CONCAT, I see zero reason for the CONCATENATE
function to be separate from CONCAT.  CONCATENATE  should be replaced with
an alias or redirect to CONCAT. But thats not a bug, just poor design.

On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 9:13 AM Robert Großkopf <robert@familiegrosskopf.de>
wrote:

Hi Michael,

CONCATENATE must either fail to accept ranges (with an error), or accept
them and provide the combination that acceptance suggests. It is a bug
that
it accepts ranges, but returns something else.

Have opened Calc and looking for fuction CONCATENATE. Help in the dialog
says: "Combines several text items into one."
Then looked for CONCAT. Help in the dialog says: "Combines several text
items into one, accepts cell ranges as arguments."

I don't see in the help CONCATENATE accepts cell ranges.

Regards

Robert
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