1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 13*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <helpdocument version="1.0"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textscalcguideformulasxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Calculating With Formulas</title> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/scalc/guide/formulas.xhp</filename> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155411"><bookmark_value>formulas;calculating with</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>calculating; with formulas</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>examples;formula calculation</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>mw changed "formulas;..." entry and addes "examples;..." entry</comment><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155411" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="20"><variable id="formulas"><link href="text/scalc/guide/formulas.xhp" name="Calculating With Formulas">Calculating With Formulas</link> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156281" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="21">All formulas begin with an equals sign. The formulas can contain numbers, text, arithmetic operators, logic operators, or functions.</paragraph> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3145272" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="39">Remember that the basic arithmetic operators (+, -, *, /) can be used in formulas using the "Multiplication and Division before Addition and Subtraction" rule. Instead of writing =SUM(A1:B1) you can write =A1+B1.</paragraph> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3146119" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Parentheses can also be used. The result of the formula =(1+2)*3 produces a different result than =1+2*3.</paragraph> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156285" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Here are a few examples of $[officename] Calc formulas:</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<table id="tbl_id3153878"> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154015" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">=A1+10</paragraph> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146972" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Displays the contents of cell A1 plus 10.</paragraph> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145643" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">=A1*16%</paragraph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154255" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">Displays 16% of the contents of A1.</paragraph> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146917" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">=A1 * A2</paragraph> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146315" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">Displays the result of the multiplication of A1 and A2.</paragraph> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154022" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">=ROUND(A1;1)</paragraph> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="27">Displays the contents of cell A1 rounded to one decimal place.</paragraph> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150209" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">=EFFECTIVE(5%;12)</paragraph> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150883" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Calculates the effective interest for 5% annual nominal interest with 12 payments a year.</paragraph> 85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 87*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 88*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 89*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146114" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">=B8-SUM(B10:B14)</paragraph> 90*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 91*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 92*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154486" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">Calculates B8 minus the sum of the cells B10 to B14.</paragraph> 93*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 94*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 95*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablerow> 96*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 97*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152890" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">=SUM(B8;SUM(B10:B14))</paragraph> 98*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 99*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 100*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159171" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Calculates the sum of cells B10 to B14 and adds the value to B8.</paragraph> 101*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablecell> 102*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</tablerow> 103*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<comment>removed row with old row limit of 65536</comment> 104*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</table> 105*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150109" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">It is also possible to nest functions in formulas, as shown in the example. You can also nest functions within functions. The Function Wizard assists you with nested functions.</paragraph> 106*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="relatedtopics"> 107*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/scalc/guide/formula_enter.xhp#formula_enter"/> 108*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150213" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44"><link href="text/scalc/01/04060100.xhp" name="Functions list">Functions list</link></paragraph> 109*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43"><link href="text/scalc/01/04060000.xhp" name="AutoPilot: Functions">Function Wizard</link></paragraph> 110*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 111*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 112*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 113