Ray DeCampo, thank you for your comments. I'm comparing the results to Excel from a feature parity expectation perspective, so this is why my expectations were different. However, LibreOffice has on a number of occasions developed past Excel for the better (ex. making functions more precise than equivalent ones in Excel, letting functions calculate larger values than Excel functions, etc.), and this would be an example of that.
In Microsoft Office Excel Viewer (12.0.6219.1000 MSO (12.0.6213.1000), it propagates the #VALUE error due to the malformed subtracting of numbers and text. However, LibreOffice has done work to develop past this limitation. So, your expectation would be correct, in that cell H6 should show $4,081.03 despite the malformed subtraction. I'll correct the Bug Description to this. Hence, the issue you are reporting is an upstream one. It would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions verbatim at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport . If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about the status. Thanks in advance. Helpful bug reporting tips: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs ** Description changed: 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) Release: 14.04 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-calc libreoffice-calc: Installed: 1:4.1.3-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 1:4.1.3-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1:4.1.3-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What is expected to happen via a terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1263326/+attachment/3933694/+files/bug.ods && localc --nologo bug.ods - is that cell H6 shows #VALUE no matter what, given it is a result of - subtracting text from a number. + is that cell H6 shows the expected value of $4081.03. - 4) What happens instead is if one inserts a row, and then removes the - row, it resolves to a number value. + 4) What happens instead is it shows #VALUE. + + WORKAROUND: if one inserts a row, and then removes the row, it shows the + expected $4081.03. WORKAROUND: Change all formulas containing: "" to the number zero: 0 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: libreoffice-calc 1:4.1.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Dec 21 07:59:29 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-18 (397 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-11-10 (40 days ago) ** Tags added: regression-release -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1263326 Title: #VALUE doesn't propagate correctly subtracting text from numbers Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) Release: 14.04 2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-calc libreoffice-calc: Installed: 1:4.1.3-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 1:4.1.3-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1:4.1.3-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What is expected to happen via a terminal: cd ~/Desktop && wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1263326/+attachment/3933694/+files/bug.ods && localc --nologo bug.ods is that cell H6 shows the expected value of $4081.03. 4) What happens instead is it shows #VALUE. WORKAROUND: if one inserts a row, and then removes the row, it shows the expected $4081.03. WORKAROUND: Change all formulas containing: "" to the number zero: 0 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: libreoffice-calc 1:4.1.3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Dec 21 07:59:29 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-18 (397 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-11-10 (40 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1263326/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
