On 06/27/2012 09:58 PM, Ken Springer wrote: > On 6/27/12 6:43 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: >> Ken, >> >> On 06/27/2012 07:24 PM, Ken Springer wrote: >>> Is there a more detailed set of examples of using the functions >>> anywhere? The Help Files have a general outline of each, but only >>> very generic examples of how to use them. >>> >>> I need to nest some of the functions, if that's possible. >>> >> Generally you can nest functions several levels deep in any spreadsheet. >> Typically the maximum is 7 levels but I would not go beyond about 3 >> because it becomes to difficult to follow the logic. You could have >> something like =if( (x or y), if( (a and b), >> sum(d:d),average(d:d)),stdev(d:d)). > > Hi, Jay, > > It's the actual syntax of the nesting I'm interested in. I've learned > the syntax varies from one to another, and Calc seems to be slightly > different than Excel, which I used years ago. > > Trying to avoid a lot of blind trial and error. LOL > > As for the number of levels, I used to know a guy who hated Excel > because there was a nesting limit. But he loved Quattro Pro because > there were no nesting level limits. > > Hi, Ken
I have not noticed any major differences in the nesting syntax for my needs between Calc and Excel. But that does not mean there are none. -- Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
