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