https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45372
davidfischer...@gmail.com davidfischer...@gmail.com changed:
What|Removed |Added
Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution|--- |NOTABUG
--- Comment #2 from davidfischer...@gmail.com davidfischer...@gmail.com ---
The purpose of the function is to walk up a column testing for a value that is
displayed. When it finds a displayed value, it returns the row.
This sounds exactly like the MATCH() function to me.
I am going to mark this bug as Resolved and NotABug since I believe the
functionality you are looking for already exists.(In reply to Terri from
comment #0)
I would like to propose a walkup function. The purpose of the function is
to walk up a column testing for a value that is displayed. When it finds a
displayed value, it returns the row.
Spreadsheets originally tried to mimic a ledger. A ledger uses a few
columns on the left that have identifying info like, a date, a description,
and a dollar amount of the purchase or expense. The columns to the right of
those normally indicate various logical accounts with the effect of the
transaction on that particular account. An entry is made in the transaction
amount in the first set of columns and then in the appropriate column, same
row, showing how much is added/subtracted from that particular account.
This leads to a very clean and easily understood array of cells that join
a particular credit/debit (the row) to a particular account (the column).
Since each entry in an accounts column is dependent on the last balance
for that account, anyone maintaining a spreadsheet has to constantly update
the cell references to ensure each transaction is properly posted using the
last previous balance of that particular account or column.
The function would have a single argument, the column to walk up. The
row would be assumed to be the row value of the cell calling the function.
It would walk up that column from the cell's row, subtracting 1 from the row
each time until it found the last value of the account from the last
transaction. It then would return that value. If an intervening row were
inserted and a new transaction affecting that account were put in that new
row, the next recalculate would deliver that new row value of that column.
In that way, the running value of that account is maintained, all the way
down the spreadsheet regardless of changes made above.
Enhancements for later might be to allow an argument using a different
row or column. But I think that is for later. I will provide more visuals
upon request. I am going to work on a simple sample spreadsheet
demonstrating the idea which I'll add as an attachment.
This sounds exactly like the MATCH() function to me.
I am going to mark this bug as Resolved and NotABug since I believe the
functionality you are looking for already exists.
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