On 11 May 2021 at 13:24, Philip Jackson wrote:
Subject:Re: [libreoffice-users] Calc: Formatting cell
with decimal point but
no decimal digits
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
From: Philip Jackson
Date sent: Tue, 11 May 2021 13:24:26 +0200
> On 11/05/2021 03:22, Joel Roth wrote:
> >> Using LibreOffice 7.0.5.2 on macOS High Sierra (10.13.6), setting the
> >> number format to "#,##0\." (without the quotes, of course) works for me.
> >> ("#,##0.." also works, but that's too bizarre.;-)
> >
> > On my version (6.1.5) both of these formats display the cell
> > contents with a trailing decimal point, but with this
> > formatting, inputting 123.45 results in cell content 12345.
>
> This thread caught my eye and I can't imagine the use case for displaying the
> digital point as the OP wishes - but I gave his model a try as I did also
> with the two expressions proposed by Chuck. I am using Calc 6.4.7.2 in Ubuntu
> 20.04.2 The results were surprising.
>
> I entered 123.59 in some cells in 3 columns formatted as: -
>
> 1) Numbers #,##0"."
>
> 2) Numbers #,##0\.
>
> 3) Numbers #,##0..
>
> All three columns then displayed my entries as "124." ie, rounded up and
> with a final "."
>
> But, when I entered 123.59 into other empty cells in those 3 pre-formatted
> columns, my new entries were displayed as "12,359." in each case.
>
> So applying the format to an already entered number gives a final "." - I
> don't know whether the rounding up is acceptable or not. But I imagine the OP
> wants to enter his number into cells that already have his format applied.
>
> Curiously, when I selected my 3 columns and attempted to return to
> 'normality' by formatting the cells to Numbers > General, nothing happened. I
> had to change to some other format than Number (eg date) and then back to
> numbers-general to get a result.
>
> When Numbers-General was eventually restored, the "124." entries were
> returned to their original states of "123.59" but those entries applied to
> the pre-formatted columns and which then displayed as "12,359." became
> "12359" under the restored numbers-general regime.
>
> Philip
>
When I saw the original message my though was that the
person made a typo and had actually used #,##0","
instead of #,##0"."
But waited for someone to come up with another
reason?? Would just be one key off.
>
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