Created attachment 164017 [details] file with erroneous result File bad.ods: TOy et xx are given by identical formulae (='TOyH'+'TOxK') but have different values! (the value of xx is correct.) May be related to Bug 134485.
Seems the file was saved in a inconsistent state. Doing a hard-recalc Menu/Data/Calculate/Recalculate hard, solves the issue. What could matter is if there are steps to generate the inconsistent state.
Editing the formula B21 without changing it (eg, deleting ‘3’ and restoring it) forces the update of B25 to the correct value.
(In reply to m.a.riosv from comment #1) > Seems the file was saved in a inconsistent state. What is that? If LO saves in such a state, is this not a bug? > Doing a hard-recalc Menu/Data/Calculate/Recalculate hard, solves the issue. That's a work-around, it does not ‘solve the issue’—which result can be trusted and when is a result wrong? Actually, selecting B25 and hitting f9 recalculates —not ‘hard’. But why should I suspect this formula (or any other) needs recalculation?
I don't know if it was LO saving this file in an inconsistent state. If you have the steps to arrive at save in an incorrect state please detail them. Hard recalc is there from the beginning for something. And also there are options about recalculate opening the file in Menu/Tools/Options/LibreOffice calc/Formula, I guess also for something.
Hello, Please mention the steps to generate such a file from scratch
Created attachment 164291 [details] file with addition Bad.ods: c=a+b=B3=7, OK Select B1, hit ^x; B1 is blank, B3=3, OK. Select cells B2:C2, drag them up; B1 is now 3, but B3=6—wrong, since B2 is blank. Select B2, hit ^v; B2 is now 4 (B1 and B2 have been exchanged), but B3 remains 6—false.
hello @TorrAB@Yahoo.com, nice sample of 'nagging spreadsheets', ;-) imho initial fail B2 isn't set 'dirty' or 'changed' when you 'steal' the content with a mousedrag, opposite to what happens when you use ctrl-x, (you can also move single cells with the mouse by [click - shift-click - click-drag]) (additional fail: if you 'throw' the 'ctrl-x-ed' content of B1 somewhere else on the sheet it's calculated in B3, in old versions only the cutted value?, in 7.1 you can even calculate with cells moved that way) (probably it's dependent / affected by settings regarding 'automatically adapt ...' i'm not a pro in that) workarounds: - use keyboard for such operations, - 'non changing edit' of B3 recalculates, which F9 and ctrl-shift-F9 don't do :-( - give up using label references in formulae ... as ex$el did in ver. 2010, - wait for an interested developer, fail already in 3.5.1.2, assume 'inherited', setting 'new', trying to raise importance (not allowed to me, would somebody with app. karma do?) as: - bug may affect plenty other operations as well, - bug creates confusing sheets, - 'trapping errors' may spread, - recalc doesn't work, - even 'forced recalc' keps wrong results,
Suggested fix: 0: link to its label a cell referred to in another cell by its label; 1: prevent any attempt to move a linked cell alone, with a pop-up: ‘This cell is linked to its label, must be moved with it.’ The user could select the cell and its label, and move the pair or (why not?) a group of such pairs.
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