At 14:48 24/11/2020 +1000, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
Put a more complex question, and got no responses yet.
You have to admit that your description and layout were pretty foggy!
Did anyone understand it?
So, here it is in simplest form
=value(1+1) converts the 1+1 to 2
But =value( ) fails with Err:502 if text "1+1" is used or if a cell
containing the text 1+1 is used??
I've looked thru command, and this seems to be the one to convert a
text string to a value?
It is. But the text string "1+1" is not a value expressed as text but
a numerical expression in text form. And VALUE() does not undertake
to evaluate such expressions.
Is there another command, ...;
What you need instead is the EVALUATE() function. (PS: It doesn't exist!)
I think the fact that VALUE(1+1) entered as part of a formula does
what it does is a lucky side effect. Clearly in this case LibreOffice
is doing something similar to the automatic editing that is done when
any material is entered into a spreadsheet cell. I'm talking about
this sort of thing: when you type "+02" (no quotes) into a cell
formatted as Number, you see just 2. The "1+1" in this case is being
entered into a cell (as part of a formula), not arising as the result
of some calculation.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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