Bug 53075 - [EDITING] Calc radio button sends text and not number
Summary: [EDITING] Calc radio button sends text and not number
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.5.5.3 release
Hardware: Other All
: medium normal
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Blocks: Calc-Cells
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Reported: 2012-08-03 00:24 UTC by Olivier Hallot
Modified: 2023-12-04 03:15 UTC (History)
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File in which the problem occurs (8.56 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet)
2012-12-26 19:47 UTC, Sören
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Description Olivier Hallot 2012-08-03 00:24:12 UTC
Using radio buttons in Calc places a text string in the linked cell, even if it is a number. This breaks Excel compatibility.

Step to reproduce

create a radio button
open properties
in the Data tab, put a cell reference in "linked cell", e.g. B1
put number one ('1') in reference value
quit edit form mode
click in radio button, '1' shows in B1 as text

Problem: This breaks Excel compatibility as Excel places a '1' as number. Formulas bases on content of B1 breaks.
Comment 1 Sören 2012-12-26 19:47:38 UTC
Created attachment 72143 [details]
File in which the problem occurs
Comment 2 Sören 2012-12-26 19:49:58 UTC
I can reproduce the problem in
Version 4.0.0.0.beta2 (Build ID: 4104d660979c57e1160b5135634f732918460a0)
on Ubuntu 12.04 (x86)

See the attached file, the result of the button in B1 is text (although Libre Office is able to interpret it as a number).

I'm not able to check the Excel-compatibility, but being unable to return a number form a form, seems as an error in its own respect.
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2015-04-19 03:23:07 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 Olivier Hallot 2015-06-19 11:03:05 UTC
(In reply to Sören from comment #2)
> I can reproduce the problem in
> Version 4.0.0.0.beta2 (Build ID: 4104d660979c57e1160b5135634f732918460a0)
> on Ubuntu 12.04 (x86)
> 
> See the attached file, the result of the button in B1 is text (although
> Libre Office is able to interpret it as a number).
> 
> I'm not able to check the Excel-compatibility, but being unable to return a
> number form a form, seems as an error in its own respect.

LibreOffice is able to interpret as number only in simple situations, but not when the value is used in some functions.

To overcome the issue I have to use another cell where the text land from the button and use =VALUE() function to get a usable numeric value.
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2016-09-20 10:11:27 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2019-12-03 14:04:40 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2021-12-03 04:26:29 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 QA Administrators 2023-12-04 03:15:26 UTC
Dear Olivier Hallot,

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