Re: [libreoffice-users] regular expression for calc

[Steve Edmonds]

Did the OP get this working.
I have it working with
=COUNTIF(SEARCH("\b"&$G$37&"\b",E37:E39),">1")

$G$37 contains the search term with word boundaries.
E37:E39 is the range I am searching.

Enter into the cell where you want the answer 
=COUNTIF(SEARCH("\b"&$G$37&"\b",E37:E39),">1") and press CTL + SFT + Enter


Steve

On 2017-03-13 13:46, Bruce Hohl wrote:

If the code you are looking for only occurs once per cell you could use
find() or search() against each cells to determine if the code is present
then countif() the results where greater than zero.

On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Regina Henschel 
wrote:


Hi Gary,

find the option "Search criteria = and <> must apply to whole cells" in
Tools > Options > Calc > Calculate. Try it with disabled option.

Kind regards
Regina

Gary Collins schrieb:


Hi Brian
I wish i could say it did help but unfortunately not. It works with the
whole cell contents but doesnt seem to pick out a word within the cell. For
instance, one of my list has contents "X1 G43". Now if I have "X1 G43" in
the cell Xn (using your example) i get count 1 returned which is correct;
but if i have "X1" in cell Xn it returns 0, which is clearly wrong (at
least as far as my requirements are concerned). And yes, i do have regular
expressions enabled in Calc >  Calculate. My version is 5.2.2.2 x64 and im
using 64bit windows 7.

G.



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Re: [libreoffice-users] regular expression for calc

[Gary Collins]

Hi Regina,
Thank you, yes, that's cracked it. (*so* many pitfalls for the unwary!)

Best
Gary

On Sun, 12/3/17, Regina Henschel <rb.hensc...@t-online.de> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] regular expression for calc
 To: users@global.libreoffice.org
 Date: Sunday, 12 March, 2017, 17:50
 
 Hi Gary,
 
 find the option "Search
 criteria = and <> must apply to whole cells" in
 
 Tools > Options > Calc >
 Calculate. Try it with disabled option.
 
 Kind regards
 Regina
 
 Gary Collins schrieb:
 > Hi
 Brian
 > I wish i could say it did help
 but unfortunately not. It works with the whole cell contents
 but doesnt seem to pick out a word within the cell. For
 instance, one of my list has contents "X1 G43".
 Now if I have "X1 G43" in the cell Xn (using your
 example) i get count 1 returned which is correct; but if i
 have "X1" in cell Xn it returns 0, which is
 clearly wrong (at least as far as my requirements are
 concerned). And yes, i do have regular expressions enabled
 in Calc >  Calculate. My version is 5.2.2.2 x64 and im
 using 64bit windows 7.
 >
 > G.
 
 
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Re: [libreoffice-users] regular expression for calc

[Bruce Hohl]

If the code you are looking for only occurs once per cell you could use
find() or search() against each cells to determine if the code is present
then countif() the results where greater than zero.

On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Regina Henschel 
wrote:

> Hi Gary,
>
> find the option "Search criteria = and <> must apply to whole cells" in
> Tools > Options > Calc > Calculate. Try it with disabled option.
>
> Kind regards
> Regina
>
> Gary Collins schrieb:
>
>> Hi Brian
>> I wish i could say it did help but unfortunately not. It works with the
>> whole cell contents but doesnt seem to pick out a word within the cell. For
>> instance, one of my list has contents "X1 G43". Now if I have "X1 G43" in
>> the cell Xn (using your example) i get count 1 returned which is correct;
>> but if i have "X1" in cell Xn it returns 0, which is clearly wrong (at
>> least as far as my requirements are concerned). And yes, i do have regular
>> expressions enabled in Calc >  Calculate. My version is 5.2.2.2 x64 and im
>> using 64bit windows 7.
>>
>> G.
>>
>
>
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Re: [libreoffice-users] regular expression for calc

[Regina Henschel]

Hi Gary,

find the option "Search criteria = and <> must apply to whole cells" in 
Tools > Options > Calc > Calculate. Try it with disabled option.


Kind regards
Regina

Gary Collins schrieb:

Hi Brian
I wish i could say it did help but unfortunately not. It works with the whole cell contents but doesnt seem to 
pick out a word within the cell. For instance, one of my list has contents "X1 G43". Now if I have 
"X1 G43" in the cell Xn (using your example) i get count 1 returned which is correct; but if i have 
"X1" in cell Xn it returns 0, which is clearly wrong (at least as far as my requirements are 
concerned). And yes, i do have regular expressions enabled in Calc >  Calculate. My version is 5.2.2.2 x64 
and im using 64bit windows 7.

G.



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Re: [libreoffice-users] regular expression for calc

[Gary Collins]

Hi Brian
I wish i could say it did help but unfortunately not. It works with the whole 
cell contents but doesnt seem to pick out a word within the cell. For instance, 
one of my list has contents "X1 G43". Now if I have "X1 G43" in the cell Xn 
(using your example) i get count 1 returned which is correct; but if i have 
"X1" in cell Xn it returns 0, which is clearly wrong (at least as far as my 
requirements are concerned). And yes, i do have regular expressions enabled in 
Calc >  Calculate. My version is 5.2.2.2 x64 and im using 64bit windows 7.

G.

On Sun, 12/3/17, Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] regular expression for calc
 To: users@global.libreoffice.org
 Date: Sunday, 12 March, 2017, 5:51
 
 At 15:45 11/03/2017 +, Gary
 Collins wrote:
 >I have a column each row of which contains a sequence of
 one or more 
 >codes separated by a space. In case it will make a
 difference each 
 >code consists of a letter (occasionally 2 letters)
 followed by a 
 >number of up to 3 digits (and occasionally ends with a
 letter) eg X1 
 >Aa12 D7a etc.
 >
 >I want to obtain a regular expression for COUNTIF that
 will enable 
 >me to find out how many times a particular code,
 contained in 
 >another cell, occurs in the column. I was thinking that
 \b to detect 
 >the word boundaries should help but i cant quite get it
 to work; im 
 >not sure if this is because it is assuming a word
 boundary between 
 >the letter and the number or if it is simply my
 incompetence as 
 >usual. Does anyone have an idea what may be the best way
 to achieve this?
 
 Try
 =COUNTIF(range;"\b"&"\b")
 - where "range" represents the column of data and Xn
 represents the 
 cell containing the code to be counted. Remember that you
 need to 
 have Tools | Options... | LibreOffice Calc | Calculate |
 Enable 
 regular expressions in formulae ticked (which is the case by
 default).
 
 I trust this helps.
 
 Brian Barker
 
 
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Re: [libreoffice-users] regular expression for calc

[Brian Barker]

At 15:45 11/03/2017 +, Gary Collins wrote:
I have a column each row of which contains a sequence of one or more 
codes separated by a space. In case it will make a difference each 
code consists of a letter (occasionally 2 letters) followed by a 
number of up to 3 digits (and occasionally ends with a letter) eg X1 
Aa12 D7a etc.


I want to obtain a regular expression for COUNTIF that will enable 
me to find out how many times a particular code, contained in 
another cell, occurs in the column. I was thinking that \b to detect 
the word boundaries should help but i cant quite get it to work; im 
not sure if this is because it is assuming a word boundary between 
the letter and the number or if it is simply my incompetence as 
usual. Does anyone have an idea what may be the best way to achieve this?


Try
=COUNTIF(range;"\b"&"\b")
- where "range" represents the column of data and Xn represents the 
cell containing the code to be counted. Remember that you need to 
have Tools | Options... | LibreOffice Calc | Calculate | Enable 
regular expressions in formulae ticked (which is the case by default).


I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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