Bug 89166 - IF statement in cell does not work as expected.
Summary: IF statement in cell does not work as expected.
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 88945
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
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4.3.3.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
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Reported: 2015-02-06 11:12 UTC by André K.
Modified: 2016-05-31 15:50 UTC (History)
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Description André K. 2015-02-06 11:12:16 UTC
According to calcguide this should work;
=IF(C3>0, B3/C3, "No Report")

it does not work, ; is expected instead of commas.
More important . if true-calculation does not work

=IF(3=3; B3/C3)  gives "TRUE"
=IF(3=3; "10") works as text
=IF(3=3; 3) does not work
Comment 1 A (Andy) 2015-02-06 20:58:58 UTC
Only issue 1 is for me reproducible with LO 4.4.0.3, Win 8.1, therefore it is maybe a Linux only issue?


Issue 1: =IF(C3>0, B3/C3, "No Report")
-> confirmed, this is a mistake in the Calc User Guide, it should be ";" instead of ","

Sources:
- http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ -> LibreOffice 4.0 - 4.1 User Guides -> Calc Guide 4.1 (spreadsheets) -> Page 195 and 415
- http://de.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ -> Handbuch "Calc" (Tabellenkalkulation) -> Kapitel 07 – Formeln und Funktionen -> Page 8 
and Anhang B – Calc Funktionen -> Page 33


Issue 2: =IF(3=3; B3/C3)
if B3 and C3 are empty it returns "#DIV/0!" and if the cells contain numbers, then there are correctly calculated
-> for me not reproducible with LO 4.4.0.3, Win 8.1


Issue 3: =IF(3=3; "10")
correct, the result is Text, to have a Number you need to write =IF(3=3; 10)
-> for me not reproducible with LO 4.4.0.3, Win 8.1


Issue 4: =IF(3=3; 3)
it returns "3" as expected
-> for me not reproducible with LO 4.4.0.3, Win 8.1
Comment 2 m_a_riosv 2015-02-06 21:57:14 UTC
1: Functions separator is language dependant, English-US the base language, and with it default separator is comma, perhaps the reason to figure in the documentation.
It can be changed in Menu/Tools/Options/LibreOffice calc/Formula - Separators.

2: The TRUE format (It's only format) can be inherited from an adjacent cell, usually a clear direct formatting [Ctrl+M] restart the format.

2:+3:+4: At @Andy had commented

None of the issues are reproducible for me.
Win7x64
Version: 4.3.7.0.0+ Build ID: 32e7fc9e82e0e62e872611482d97f745bac3899a
Comment 3 A (Andy) 2015-02-06 22:10:06 UTC
(In reply to m.a.riosv from comment #2)
> 1: Functions separator is language dependant, English-US the base language,
> and with it default separator is comma, perhaps the reason to figure in the
> documentation.
> It can be changed in Menu/Tools/Options/LibreOffice calc/Formula -
> Separators.

@m.a.riosv: Thank you very much for your hint and feedback.  In this case this should also be mentioned in the Documentation?  Is it already mentioned there?  I could not find it on the fly.  Can you maybe help here too?
Comment 4 m_a_riosv 2015-02-07 01:15:39 UTC
@Andy, the only place I have found now is https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Formula_2, as I remember the official separator is the semicolon but being language dependant, I think this happen for languages in which the dot not the comma is the decimal separator.
Much of the help come from OOo times.

Maybe a request for enhancement about an explanation in help could be fine.

Perhaps a duplicate of:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88945
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Comment 6 Eike Rathke 2016-05-31 15:49:59 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 88945 ***