In LibreOffice Basic, this call returns "1": Format("001", "@") The format string specifies "put the text as is", but the "001" obviously gets converted to a number before processing. Note that Format documentation [1] is wrong where it tells "expression: Numeric expression". In fact, this function argument is Variant, and works with input like "Bar" as expected, without converting it to 0. (FTR: the method is specified at [2], implemented in [3], and functionally implemented in [4].) In VBA, the call above produces the expected "001". [1] https://help.libreoffice.org/7.2/en-US/text/sbasic/shared/03120301.html?DbPAR=BASIC [2] https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/basic/source/runtime/stdobj.cxx?r=fbaf865f#389 [3] https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/basic/source/runtime/methods.cxx?r=4a0b40f1&fi=SbRtl_Format#SbRtl_Format [4] https://opengrok.libreoffice.org/xref/core/basic/source/sbx/sbxscan.cxx?r=0771ac00&mo=19326&fi=660#660
Confirmed in: Version: 7.3.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 0aea0cee58fe77a9058217dfdfc3d6a02b29ee2a CPU threads: 6; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: en-US (de_DE); UI: en-US Calc: CL
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Mike Kaganski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/a3597edb52b671e6095f96c8705cd458a50d8799 tdf#143182: fix string handling in SbxValue::Format It will be available in 26.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Mike Kaganski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-25-8": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/d16697fbf6a6653dc631ebd887147afe2bfba37d tdf#143182: fix string handling in SbxValue::Format It will be available in 25.8.2. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.