I'm running LibreOffice Spreadsheet 3.6.2.2 in Ubuntu 12.10. The minus operator used with references to cells in other sheets which have spaces in their names more than once in a formula usually generates a 509 error. For example: =-'1 2 3'!r[-7]c-'1 2 3'!R[-7]C =-'1 2'!r[-8]c-'1 2'!R[-8]C =-'s 1'!r[-9]c-'S 1'!R[-9]C =-'sheet 2'!r[-10]c-'Sheet 2'!R[-10]C =-'sheet 2'!r1c1-'Sheet 2'!R1C1 all generate Err:509 rather than the expected result. whereas: =-Sheet8!R[-12]C-Sheet8!R[-12]C generates the expected result. A single minus operator and reference to the other sheet works as expected, and I notice that if I add the second minus operator and reference, the name of the first sheet reference changes to lower-case. If I put a space in the name of a sheet used in a working formula with the minus operator, it continues to work, whether or not I re-enter it. If I enter the same formula in a new cell, it returns an error. I'm using R1C1 references, and both absolute and remote references are affected. It is possible to work round the problem by placing the cell references in brackets and applying the minus sign outside the brackets, for example: =-('sheet 2'!r1c1+'Sheet 2'!R1C1) generates the expected result.
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Created attachment 136880 [details] Worksheet demonstrating error Formulae which subtract remote references to sheets with a space in the name return an error 509 Happens with all styles of reference: Calc A1, Excel A1, Excel RC
LibreOffice Version: 5.3.1.2 Build ID: 1:5.3.1-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu 17.04 on a MacBook Retina Pro @Joel Maduro It's a bad result in any spreadsheet when a reference returns an error instead of the value of the referenced cell.
(In reply to John Russell from comment #4) > Created attachment 136880 [details] > Worksheet demonstrating error > > Formulae which subtract remote references to sheets with a space in the name > return an error 509 > > Happens with all styles of reference: Calc A1, Excel A1, Excel RC Confirmed with file. Lowering severity due to the existence of a workaround. Arch Linux 64-bit, KDE Plasma 5 Version: 6.0.0.0.alpha1+ Build ID: 64024d7c18bd114eb9958cf80eea9129e09923bd CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.13; UI render: default; VCL: kde4; Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); Calc: group Built on November 3rd 2017
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Confirmed the problem persists. Version: 6.2.4.2.0+ Build ID: libreoffice-6.2.4.2-snap1 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.18; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US Calc: threaded
Notwithstanding the existence of a workaround, this error generates errors in spreadsheets imported from packages which don't share the same misbehaviour, e.g. Excel. And it's confusing when a formula which should normally work doesn't.
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