Hi Celia,
I am not sure that the paragraph is obsolete.
Taking your example a little further, suppose one of the cells in the
range B1:B13 contains the string "$Celia".
* Firstly, let us assume that "No wildcards or regular expressions in
formulas" is selected on the Tools > Options > Lib
Hello again!
Here's another question. Same Calc Guide 6.2:
On page 244 this paragraph says:
«Activating the *Enable regular expressions in formulas* option means
all the above functions will require any regular expression special
characters (such as parentheses) used in strings within formulas