"function implementation unavailable" should mean that you do not have the plugin loaded that defines 'countif'. Please check Tools->Plugins whether the Math functions are loaded.
Andreas On Fri, 2013-05-17 at 23:57 +0200, bat.gu...@don.blech.e4ward.com wrote: > Good evening Tim, and good evening List. > On 17.05.2013 23:32, Tim Schofield wrote: > > > I think it should have read: > > > > =countif(c3:c9,"x"); > > Unfortunately, I have tried both (and more). > > > note the comma, not the semicolon. At least that works for me. > > The result remains the same. Also, if you ignore the semicolon, I really > proceded like in my original post. Gnumeric itself should know how to > construct the formula. ;-) > > In the meantime, I have written two python functions, one for "count in > rows" and one fo "count in columns" as the ranges are not comfortable to > work with. These functions replace countif, at least in the current context. > > As regards the missing countif in 1.12.1, I have posted the question to > the french Ubuntu forum. For the time, nobody has really answered in a > way which could clarify, if the error is specific to the Ubuntu-package > in 13.04. > > I might try the same in the german and the english forums. Re-installing > from the resources of the Linux-distribution has not changed anything. > > Good night, > > Michael. > > > > > Thanks > > Tim > > > > > > On 17 May 2013 13:36, <bat.gu...@don.blech.e4ward.com > > <mailto:bat.gu...@don.blech.e4ward.com>> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > trying to count all occurences of "x" in a line, I chose from the > > function-dropdown "mathematics", then countif and completed the formula > > =countif(c3:c9;"x") > > The result is an error "function implementation unavailable". The > > message is translated from the German locale that I use but should be > > all in all identic in English. > > > > I do not ask for a fix, as I am quicker writing the missing function in > > Python. ;-) > > > > Cheerio, > > > > Michael. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnumeric-list mailing list > > gnumeric-list@gnome.org <mailto:gnumeric-list@gnome.org> > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumeric-list > > > > -- > > Course View Towers, > > Plot 21 Yusuf Lule Road, > > Kampala > > T +256 (0) 312 314 418 > > M +256 (0) 752 963 325 > > www.weberpafrica.com > > @TimSchofield2 > > Blog: http://weberpafrica.blogspot.co.uk/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnumeric-list mailing list > gnumeric-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumeric-list _______________________________________________ gnumeric-list mailing list gnumeric-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumeric-list