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in Calc</bookmark_value> 41<bookmark_value>arithmetical operators</bookmark_value> 42<bookmark_value>reference operators</bookmark_value> 43</bookmark><comment>mw added 7 new index entries</comment> 44<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156445" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1">Operators in $[officename] Calc</paragraph> 45<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155812" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">You can use the following operators in $[officename] Calc:</paragraph> 46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153066" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Arithmetical Operators</paragraph> 47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148601" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">These operators return numerical results.</paragraph> 48<table id="tbl_id3151240"> 49<tablerow> 50<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 51<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3144768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">Operator</paragraph> 52</tablecell> 53<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 54<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3157982" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Name</paragraph> 55</tablecell> 56<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 57<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3159096" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Example</paragraph> 58</tablecell> 59</tablerow> 60<tablerow> 61<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 62<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149126" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">+ (Plus)</paragraph> 63</tablecell> 64<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 65<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150892" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Addition</paragraph> 66</tablecell> 67<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 68<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153247" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">1+1</paragraph> 69</tablecell> 70</tablerow> 71<tablerow> 72<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 73<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3159204" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">- (Minus)</paragraph> 74</tablecell> 75<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 76<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145362" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Subtraction</paragraph> 77</tablecell> 78<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 79<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153554" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">2-1</paragraph> 80</tablecell> 81</tablerow> 82<tablerow> 83<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 84<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153808" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">- (Minus)</paragraph> 85</tablecell> 86<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 87<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151193" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Negation</paragraph> 88</tablecell> 89<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 90<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154712" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">-5</paragraph> 91</tablecell> 92</tablerow> 93<tablerow> 94<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 95<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149873" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">* (asterisk)</paragraph> 96</tablecell> 97<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 98<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147504" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Multiplication</paragraph> 99</tablecell> 100<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 101<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149055" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">2*2</paragraph> 102</tablecell> 103</tablerow> 104<tablerow> 105<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 106<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151341" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">/ (Slash)</paragraph> 107</tablecell> 108<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 109<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3159260" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Division</paragraph> 110</tablecell> 111<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 112<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153027" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">9/3</paragraph> 113</tablecell> 114</tablerow> 115<tablerow> 116<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 117<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3156396" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">% (Percent)</paragraph> 118</tablecell> 119<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 120<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150372" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">Percent</paragraph> 121</tablecell> 122<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 123<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145632" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">15%</paragraph> 124</tablecell> 125</tablerow> 126<tablerow> 127<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 128<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149722" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">^ (Caret)</paragraph> 129</tablecell> 130<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 131<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3159127" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Exponentiation</paragraph> 132</tablecell> 133<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 134<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3157873" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">3^2</paragraph> 135</tablecell> 136</tablerow> 137</table> 138<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152981" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="29">Comparative operators</paragraph> 139<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3157902" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">These operators return either true or false.</paragraph> 140<table id="tbl_id3148725"> 141<tablerow> 142<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 143<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149889" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">Operator</paragraph> 144</tablecell> 145<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 146<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150743" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">Name</paragraph> 147</tablecell> 148<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 149<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146877" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">Example</paragraph> 150</tablecell> 151</tablerow> 152<tablerow> 153<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 154<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148888" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">= (equal sign)</paragraph> 155</tablecell> 156<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 157<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154845" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">Equal</paragraph> 158</tablecell> 159<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 160<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154546" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">A1=B1</paragraph> 161</tablecell> 162</tablerow> 163<tablerow> 164<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 165<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154807" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">> (Greater than)</paragraph> 166</tablecell> 167<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 168<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148580" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38">Greater than</paragraph> 169</tablecell> 170<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 171<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145138" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">A1>B1</paragraph> 172</tablecell> 173</tablerow> 174<tablerow> 175<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 176<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149507" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">< (Less than)</paragraph> 177</tablecell> 178<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 179<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150145" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">Less than</paragraph> 180</tablecell> 181<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 182<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150901" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">A1<B1</paragraph> 183</tablecell> 184</tablerow> 185<tablerow> 186<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 187<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153078" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">>= (Greater than or equal to)</paragraph> 188</tablecell> 189<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 190<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150866" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">Greater than or equal to</paragraph> 191</tablecell> 192<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 193<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153111" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">A1>=B1</paragraph> 194</tablecell> 195</tablerow> 196<tablerow> 197<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 198<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153004" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46"><= (Less than or equal to)</paragraph> 199</tablecell> 200<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 201<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150335" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">Less than or equal to</paragraph> 202</tablecell> 203<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 204<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148760" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">A1<=B1</paragraph> 205</tablecell> 206</tablerow> 207<tablerow> 208<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 209<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3157994" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="49"><> (Inequality)</paragraph> 210</tablecell> 211<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 212<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150019" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">Inequality</paragraph> 213</tablecell> 214<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 215<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149878" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="51">A1<>B1</paragraph> 216</tablecell> 217</tablerow> 218</table> 219<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145241" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="52">Text operators</paragraph> 220<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155438" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="53">The operator combines separate texts into one text.</paragraph> 221<table id="tbl_id3156061"> 222<tablerow> 223<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 224<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150566" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="54">Operator</paragraph> 225</tablecell> 226<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 227<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153048" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="55">Name</paragraph> 228</tablecell> 229<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 230<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149001" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">Example</paragraph> 231</tablecell> 232</tablerow> 233<tablerow> 234<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 235<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148769" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="57">& (And)</paragraph> 236</tablecell> 237<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 238<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3157975"> 239<bookmark_value>text concatenation AND</bookmark_value> 240</bookmark> 241<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3157975" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">text concatenation AND</paragraph> 242</tablecell> 243<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 244<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3157993" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="59">"Sun" & "day" is "Sunday"</paragraph> 245</tablecell> 246</tablerow> 247</table> 248<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153550" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="60">Reference operators</paragraph> 249<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149024" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="61">These operators return a cell range of zero, one or more cells.</paragraph> 250<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2324900" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Range has the highest precedence, then intersection, and then finally union.</paragraph> 251<table id="tbl_id3154633"> 252<tablerow> 253<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 254<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3158416" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="62">Operator</paragraph> 255</tablecell> 256<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 257<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3152822" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="63">Name</paragraph> 258</tablecell> 259<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 260<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154949" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="64">Example</paragraph> 261</tablecell> 262</tablerow> 263<tablerow> 264<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 265<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3156257" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="65">: (Colon)</paragraph> 266</tablecell> 267<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 268<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153924" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="66">Range</paragraph> 269</tablecell> 270<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 271<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148432" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="67">A1:C108</paragraph> 272</tablecell> 273</tablerow> 274<tablerow> 275<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 276<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3152592" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="68">! (Exclamation point)</paragraph> 277</tablecell> 278<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 279<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150606"> 280<bookmark_value>intersection operator</bookmark_value> 281</bookmark> 282<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150606" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="69">Intersection</paragraph> 283</tablecell> 284<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 285<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3083445" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="70">SUM(A1:B6!B5:C12)</paragraph> 286<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150385" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="71">Calculates the sum of all cells in the intersection; in this example, the result yields the sum of cells B5 and B6.</paragraph> 287</tablecell> 288</tablerow> 289<tablerow> 290<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 291<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id4003723" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">~ (Tilde)</paragraph> 292</tablecell> 293<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 294<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id838953" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Concatenation or union</paragraph> 295</tablecell> 296<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 297<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id2511978" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Takes two references and returns a reference list, which is a concatenation of the left reference followed by the right reference. Double entries are referenced twice. See note below this table.</paragraph> 298</tablecell> 299</tablerow> 300</table> 301<paragraph role="note" id="par_id181890" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Reference concatenation using a tilde character was implemented lately. When a formula with the tilde operator exists in a document that is opened in old versions of the software, an error is returned. A reference list is not allowed inside an array expression.</paragraph> 302</body> 303</helpdocument> 304