Den ons 19 feb. 2020 kl 22:18 skrev Brian Barker
<b.m.bar...@btinternet.com.invalid>:

> At 21:08 19/02/2020 +0100, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> >Here's one way. I don't have Apache OpenOffice so I can't test it,
> >but I tested it with LibreOffice and I think it would work in Apache
> >OpenOffice too:
> >=VALUE(BASE(42;2))
> >Now format the cell like the following:
> >[...]
> >0000" "0000
> >
> >Note that if omitting the quotes, typing 0000 0000 in that field
> >will fail, (the cell will display 00 101 010). I'm not sure why
> >though. As I said, I tested this in LibreOffice, hopefully it will
> >work in Apache OpenOffice too.
>
> For what it's worth, the version without quotes works too in my OpenOffice.
>
> At 21:16 19/02/2020 +0100, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> >After some more experimenting I found this way, ...
> >And the cell formula looks like this:
> >=TEXT(VALUE(BASE(42;2));"0000"" ""0000")
>
> Again,
> =TEXT(VALUE(BASE(42;2));"0000 0000")
> works in my OpenOffice.
>
>
Ok, seems to be a bug (or feature…) in LibreOffice then.

I just saw that Apache OpenOffice is available in AUR (Arch User
Repository), so I'm installing it right now, so I don't have to guess in
the future… 😁


Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg


> Brian Barker
>
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