Hi Tom Best to see for yourself what IRR is.
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/irr.asp 2013/7/21 Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> > Hi :) > Thanks :) I think > > Computes the internal rate of return for a series of cash flows > > is a minor improvement on the 2nd one. Neither make any sense to me but > some background reading about the topic made it clear i would never > understand enough to get a short simple sentence. The 2nd one suggests > that the function can handle a number of inputs and then generate a single > output value. The first suggests that you have got to put in several > different parameters in order to get a single output value. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Sérgio Marques <smarque...@gmail.com> > *To:* Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> > *Cc:* Mihovil Stanic <mihovil.sta...@gmail.com>; LibreOffice-l10n < > l10n@global.libreoffice.org> > *Sent:* Sunday, 21 July 2013, 12:58 > > *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Function IRR description > > 2013/7/21 Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> > > > Hi :) > > Sorry i am not completely clear about 2 crucial things > > 1. What is the string as is? > > > > Returns the actuarial rate of interest of an investment excluding costs or > profits > > > > 2. What is the suggested alternative? > > > > Compute the internal rate of return for a series of cash flows > > Stated by ODFF. > > > > > > > > I couldn't find the Oasis definitions and i loathe looking through MS > > Office anything. The link given seems to be specifically about > healthcare > > but may not have been written by someone that really knows what they are > > talking about. I tried looking for something more generic and found this > > hopelessly detailed page in wikipedia > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actuarial_science > > also this unclear (and also long-winded) definition > > http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/actuarial-valuation.asp > > and this one > > http://definitions.uslegal.com/a/actuarial-value/ > > > > Would it be safer to just rewrite the equation it uses but rewrite in > > English? (probably not but sometimes it helps) > > Regards from > > Tom :) > > > > -- > Sérgio Marques > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: l10n+unsubscr...@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/l10n/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > > -- Sérgio Marques -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: l10n+unsubscr...@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/l10n/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
