Re: [libreoffice-users] extracting cell values

At 12:02 25/09/2021 -0400, Miss Keating wrote:
> Is there a way to get LO (v5.2.7.2) calc to extract the numerical 
> value from a cell, and use that instead of the cell reference in 
> further calculations? Frinstance, if I have 167 in cell A1, and want 
> 16.7 in A2, how can I program it, (if at all)? If I put =A1/10 into 
> A2, A2 will contain A1/10, not 16.7,even though it will display as 
> 16.7. I want to get away from cell references and use the contained 
> values. Can I? I thought that =VALUE(A1)/10 might work, but the 
> result continues to use the cell reference, not the contained value.

I *think* this is a contradiction, as any formula you put in A2 - 
whatever it is - will necessarily continue to refer to A1 and its 
value be changed when the value in A1 is modified. That's what spreadsheets do!

But there is a workaround:
o Enter your formula as usual.
o Fill it down columns or across rows as appropriate.
o Select the range of cells that you wish to freeze.
o Copy that range.
o Paste the values back into the same range, but using Paste Special 
instead of ordinary Paste, and ensuring that Formulae is *not* ticked 
in the Paste Special dialogue.

Ana alternative would be to make a copy of your original range of 
data values and freeze those. Then you could base your subsequent 
calculations on the cells containing those frozen values instead of 
on the originals. The copied values could be visible on the same 
sheet, or hidden away elsewhere on the same sheet or another sheet. 
You could use Print Ranges to suppress printing of whichever values 
you did not want to see.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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