Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number
Indeed. Which is why your last answer is also wrong! On 15 October 2012 15:08, Andreas Säger ville...@t-online.de wrote: Am 15.10.2012 10:45, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:49 15/10/2012 +0300, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: On 14.10.2012 12:20, Gilles SICHE wrote: could anyone tell me which formula I should use for the integer part of a cell to be shown in another cell, ... The answer could be: =IF(C31;0;INT(C3)) You are overthinking the problem: if C3 is positive, that's no different from =INT(C3) Brian Barker Reportedly, negative numbers do exist. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number
At 14:42 15/10/2012 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 09:49, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: if value in cell c3 is /_less than_/ '1' then d3 shall be '0', else (-- if c3 is '1' or bigger then -- ) use the integer of value in c3) =MIN(0;INT(C3)) This is getting sillier! This formula does not match the definition above - and indeed for non-negative C3 is identically zero! Try =0 instead. Brian Barker -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number
At 16:08 15/10/2012 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 10:45, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:49 15/10/2012 +0300, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: On 14.10.2012 12:20, Gilles SICHE wrote: could anyone tell me which formula I should use for the integer part of a cell to be shown in another cell, ... The answer could be: =IF(C31;0;INT(C3)) You are overthinking the problem: if C3 is positive, that's no different from =INT(C3) Reportedly, negative numbers do exist. But not, it would seem, in the original questioner's election results. Unless you know how to cast a negative vote ... Brian Barker -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number
Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 10:45, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:49 15/10/2012 +0300, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: On 14.10.2012 12:20, Gilles SICHE wrote: could anyone tell me which formula I should use for the integer part of a cell to be shown in another cell, ... The answer could be: =IF(C31;0;INT(C3)) You are overthinking the problem: if C3 is positive, that's no different from =INT(C3) Brian Barker Reportedly, negative numbers do exist. ABS(INT(C3)) -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number
At 10:34 15/10/2012 -0400, James Knott wrote: Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 10:45, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:49 15/10/2012 +0300, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: On 14.10.2012 12:20, Gilles SICHE wrote: could anyone tell me which formula I should use for the integer part of a cell to be shown in another cell, ... The answer could be: =IF(C31;0;INT(C3)) You are overthinking the problem: if C3 is positive, that's no different from =INT(C3) Reportedly, negative numbers do exist. ABS(INT(C3)) Now you are assuming (1) that negative election results are possible, and (2) that they should be given equal weight with positive ones. Perhaps you can find me a bank where withdrawals increase my balance just as deposits do? Brian Barker -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number
At 16:36 15/10/2012 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 16:20, Brian Barker wrote: At 14:42 15/10/2012 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 09:49, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: if value in cell c3 is /_less than_/ '1' then d3 shall be '0', else (-- if c3 is '1' or bigger then -- ) use the integer of value in c3) =MIN(0;INT(C3)) This is getting sillier! This formula does not match the definition above - and indeed for non-negative C3 is identically zero! Try =0 instead. Sorry, should be: =MAX(0;INT(C3)) Again, for positive C3, that is identical to =INT(C3) - which was suggested by someone a long way earlier in this thread! Brian Barker -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number
Brian Barker wrote: Now you are assuming (1) that negative election results are possible, Well, with the way Romney's doing... ;-) I was just posting in reference to comment about negative numbers and not the original post. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number
On 2012-10-16 04:11, Brian Barker wrote: At 16:36 15/10/2012 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 16:20, Brian Barker wrote: At 14:42 15/10/2012 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 15.10.2012 09:49, Pertti Rönnberg wrote: if value in cell c3 is /_less than_/ '1' then d3 shall be '0', else (-- if c3 is '1' or bigger then -- ) use the integer of value in c3) =MIN(0;INT(C3)) This is getting sillier! This formula does not match the definition above - and indeed for non-negative C3 is identically zero! Try =0 instead. Sorry, should be: =MAX(0;INT(C3)) Again, for positive C3, that is identical to =INT(C3) - which was suggested by someone a long way earlier in this thread! Brian Barker Were there negative voters, you could use =TRUNC(C3). This has been an interesting discussion because I have learnt that INT(-1.1) is 2 and if I want the integer part of -1.1 I need to use TRUNC. INT returns the next integer less than or equal to the value. TRUNC returns the integer part of the value (in the format I have shown). steve -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Integer part of a number
At 11:56 15/10/2012 -0400, James Knott wrote: Brian Barker wrote: Now you are assuming (1) that negative election results are possible, I was just posting in reference to comment about negative numbers and not the original post. That makes your suggestion (of applying ABS() to the values) even more surprising! If you get a negative value and you are surprised by it, you had better determine what has gone wrong - perhaps a mistake either in data entry or else in the algorithm used in your calculations. If your deliberations lead you to replace the negative value by a positive one, it would be very naive to imagine that the equivalent positive value is necessarily any more appropriate than any other non-negative value. If your bank manager reports that you are overdrawn, do you make a correcting deposit or do you merely offer the helpful suggestion that s/he should use correcting fluid to excise the negative sign from your balance? If you believe there is a valuable mineral deposit ten metres under your back garden but you do not fancy digging down to it, do you simply build a ten-meter tower instead and expect to harvest the deposit up in the air? If you have three metres of string available and need to use five metres of it, does that mean you will have two metres left over? Brian Barker -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
