https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=136897

--- Comment #9 from hardcoder <[email protected]> ---
I discovered a trick to observe string iteration. If the string's length
varies, you won't be able to see it, because any string size change under
iteration triggers Err:523 (even if the string shrinks). But if you interleave
rest states into the string calculation, you can see the string (half of the
time):

1. Create a new spreadsheet in Calc.
2. Make sure iteration is enabled in Options.
3. On A1, enter: =MOD(A1+1,4)
This will make the value of A1 swap between 1 and 3 on recalcs (unless the
number of iteration steps is 1).
4. On A2, enter: =IF($A$1=1, A2, A2&"a")
5. Optional: on A3 enter: =LEN(A2)
6. Press Ctrl+Shift+F9 a number of times. If you just press F9, only the
selected cell among the iterative ones will be updated, which is yet another
incompatibility with Excel, but who's caring.

>From here, the result is that A2 alternates between Err:523 and 0aaaaaa...

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