Re: [libreoffice-users] Showing cell contents as text in calc. (Not evaluating the formula the text represents)

Maybe it's a difference between the different language settings, or the 
operating system.  I'm using LO Version 3.6.6.2 (Build ID: f969faf) on 
Windows 7 64-bit, and my language setting is USA English.

First I copied the formula from below, including the curly brackets, and 
pasted it into calc.  It behaved as a string, not a formula.
Next, I copied it again, and then changed the S31 to S32.  Still behaved 
as a string.
Third, I typed the formula in from scratch.  Still behaved as a string.
Fourth, I grabbed the handle on the bottom right corner of the cell and 
dragged down to copy.  Still a string.

But about this time, I noticed that the first two cells had blank spaces 
after the end of the entry.  the third and forth cells (the one I had 
typed from scratch, and the copy made by dragging down from that one) 
didn't.

Finally, I clicked into the fourth cell to change S31 to S32. When I did 
so, the curly brackets disappeared, the cell references took on colors, 
and the lines appeared around the cells included in the arrays.  BUT - 
when I hit ENTER, the text became a string again, complete with the 
curly brackets that had disappeared while I was editing it.

Maybe if I knew something about the kind of math represented by these 
functions, I'd have a better clue.  But I know nothing about that level 
of math.

-- Tim
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On 6/12/2013 6:07 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, please click into the cell and change S31 to 
> S32. Do the contents change into a formula or stay as text.
> Steve
> On 2013-06-13 09:59, NickKolok wrote:
> >   Greetings from Russia!
> >
> > I opened LibreOffice Calc (4.0.3) fnd simply copy-pasted the following:
> > {=MMULT(MINVERSE(A14:R31),S14:S31)}
> >
> > into an empty cell on a empty book.
> > It is displaying as text, not calculating a formula.What am I d oing 
> > wrong?
> >
> >
> > Четверг, 13 июня 2013, 9:44 +12:00 от Steve Edmonds 
> > <steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com>:
> > > Hi.
> > > I want to enter {=MMULT(MINVERSE(A14:R31),S14:S31)} in a cell and to
> > > display this as the text "{=MMULT(MINVERSE(A14:R31),S14:S31)}" (without
> > > the "" quotes). Formatting the cell as text doesn't help. I thought 
> > > once
> > > you could prepend with a ' to define the characters following as left
> > > aligned text but not show the '. This does not seem to work any more,
> > > there must be a simple solution I am missing.
> > > Cheers, steve
> > >
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