Bug 170431 - Calc error messages are not word by word correct
Summary: Calc error messages are not word by word correct
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Documentation (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
26.2.0.0 alpha0+ master
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Michael Otto
URL:
Whiteboard: target:26.8.0
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2026-01-22 09:26 UTC by Michael Otto
Modified: 2026-02-02 20:08 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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table with examples of most error codes/messages (38.25 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet)
2026-01-22 09:26 UTC, Michael Otto
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Description Michael Otto 2026-01-22 09:26:35 UTC
Created attachment 205123 [details]
table with examples of most error codes/messages

en-US/text/scalc/05/02140000.html (Error Codes in LibreOffice Calc):

the following error messages are not word by word correct on the help page:
#N/A 503(#NUM!) 504 507 508 509 510 511 520 521(#NULL!) 523 525(#NAME?)
(see lists below)


a patch has been created to fix it:
197521: Edit source/text/scalc/05/02140000.xhp
https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/help/+/197521



messages in help page:
#N/A Not Available
503 #NUM! Invalid floating point operation
504 Parameter list error
507, 508 Error: Pair missing
509 Missing operator
510 Missing variable
511 Missing variable
520 Internal syntax error
521 #NULL! No code or no intersection.
523 The calculation procedure does not converge
525 #NAME? Invalid names

see https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/scalc/05/02140000.html
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messages in LibreOffice 26.2:
#N/A	32767	Error: Value not available
#NUM!	503	Error: Invalid numeric value
	504	Error in parameter list
	507	Error: in bracketing
	508	Error: in bracketing
	509	Error: Operator missing
	510	Error: Variable missing
	511	Error: Variable missing
	520	Internal syntactical error
#NULL!	521	Error: No code or intersection
	523	Error: Calculation does not converge
#NAME?	525	Error: Invalid name 

Version: 26.2.0.0.beta1 (X86_64)
Build ID: 1ff380402efe713308d6f0e5c815a6e3a1b3b67c
CPU threads: 5; OS: Linux 6.14; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Commit Notification 2026-01-22 11:02:55 UTC
Michael Otto committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/help/commit/b8ae2c30f816758b6ef35bf35f539393d9b1d7cd

tdf#170431 Calc error messages are not word by word correct