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http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26610

nested IF's in formulas produce #VALUE! error in excel

           Summary: nested IF's in formulas produce #VALUE! error in excel
           Product: POI
           Version: 2.0-pre3
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: HSSF
        AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
        ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


The formula document on the HSSF website instructed to report all occurrences of 
#VALUE! when 
attempting to programmatically assign a formula to a cell, so here goes:

IF(A1 > 5, "big number", "small number")

This formula works, and displays correctly when opened in Excel.

#VALUE! is only displayed if the outer IF branches to an inner IF.  For example:

> IF(A1 > 5, "big number", IF(A1 < 2, "really small number", "small number"))

#VALUE! is displayed if "A1 > 5" evaluates to false, and branches to the "else" 
argument, where 
there's a nested IF.  If "A1 > 5" evaluates to true, the formula displays correctly, 
because there's no 
nested if in the "true" argument.

#VALUE! is always displayed if both the true and false arguments contain nested IF's.

-The cell displays #VALUE!
-but if I type it in directly in Excel, the formula works
-also, clicking in the formula bar of POI-generated formula, then hitting Enter, fixes 
the formula

Thanks,

-Sasha Borodin

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