Bug 166166 - Unable to define cell name with the letter C and R
Summary: Unable to define cell name with the letter C and R
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.2.2.2 release
Hardware: All Windows (All)
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Reported: 2025-04-13 15:01 UTC by dennis2708
Modified: 2025-04-13 15:48 UTC (History)
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Description dennis2708 2025-04-13 15:01:38 UTC
Description:
I have created a dictionary using calc and tried use name definition to quickly go to the first entry i.e all words stating with the letter A thru the letter Z.
I am able to define all single letters of the alphabet except for C and R.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.sheet
2.named ranges and expressions
3.define

Actual Results:
will not accept characters C or R when entered 

Expected Results:
All characters of the alphabet should be able to be defined


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 25.2.2.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 7370d4be9e3cf6031a51beef54ff3bda878e3fac
CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 26100); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 1 Mike Kaganski 2025-04-13 15:48:16 UTC
https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/scalc/guide/value_with_name.html?DbPAR=CALC

> Names must not start with the letters C or R followed by a number; also single
> characters C and R are not allowed as names. See the ADDRESS function for more
> information.

This is not a bug, and caused by R1C1 address notation. It is documented. Closing.