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also operators</bookmark_value> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>multiplication sign, see also operators</bookmark_value> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>minus sign, see also operators</bookmark_value> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>plus sign, see also operators</bookmark_value> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>text operators</bookmark_value> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>comparisons;operators in Calc</bookmark_value> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>arithmetical operators</bookmark_value> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>reference operators</bookmark_value> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>mw added 7 new index entries</comment><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156445" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1">Operators in $[officename] Calc</paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155812" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">You can use the following operators in $[officename] Calc:</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153066" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Arithmetical Operators</paragraph> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148601" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">These operators return numerical results.</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3151240"> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3144768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">Operator</paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3157982" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Name</paragraph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3159096" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Example</paragraph> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149126" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">+ (Plus)</paragraph> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150892" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Addition</paragraph> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153247" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">1+1</paragraph> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3159204" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">- (Minus)</paragraph> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145362" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Subtraction</paragraph> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153554" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">2-1</paragraph> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153808" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">- (Minus)</paragraph> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 89cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151193" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Negation</paragraph> 91cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 92cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154712" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">-5</paragraph> 94cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 95cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 96cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 97cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 98cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149873" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">* (asterisk)</paragraph> 99cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 100cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 101cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147504" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Multiplication</paragraph> 102cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 103cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 104cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149055" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">2*2</paragraph> 105cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 106cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 107cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 108cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 109cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3151341" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">/ (Slash)</paragraph> 110cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 111cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 112cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3159260" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Division</paragraph> 113cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 114cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 115cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153027" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">9/3</paragraph> 116cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 117cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 118cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 119cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 120cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3156396" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">% (Percent)</paragraph> 121cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 122cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 123cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150372" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">Percent</paragraph> 124cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 125cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 126cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145632" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">15%</paragraph> 127cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 128cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 129cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 130cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 131cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149722" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">^ (Caret)</paragraph> 132cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 133cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 134cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3159127" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Exponentiation</paragraph> 135cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 136cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 137cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3157873" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">3^2</paragraph> 138cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 139cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 140cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 141cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152981" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="29">Comparative operators</paragraph> 142cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3157902" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">These operators return either true or false.</paragraph> 143cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3148725"> 144cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 145cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 146cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149889" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">Operator</paragraph> 147cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 148cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 149cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150743" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">Name</paragraph> 150cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 151cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 152cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3146877" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">Example</paragraph> 153cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 154cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 155cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 156cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 157cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148888" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">= (equal sign)</paragraph> 158cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 159cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 160cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154845" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">Equal</paragraph> 161cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 162cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 163cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154546" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">A1=B1</paragraph> 164cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 165cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 166cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 167cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 168cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3154807" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">> (Greater than)</paragraph> 169cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 170cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 171cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148580" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38">Greater than</paragraph> 172cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 173cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 174cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3145138" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">A1>B1</paragraph> 175cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 176cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 177cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 178cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 179cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149507" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">< (Less than)</paragraph> 180cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 181cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 182cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150145" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">Less than</paragraph> 183cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 184cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 185cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150901" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">A1<B1</paragraph> 186cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 187cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 188cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 189cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 190cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153078" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">>= (Greater than or equal to)</paragraph> 191cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 192cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 193cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150866" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">Greater than or equal to</paragraph> 194cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 195cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 196cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153111" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">A1>=B1</paragraph> 197cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 198cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 199cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 200cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 201cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153004" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46"><= (Less than or equal to)</paragraph> 202cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 203cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 204cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150335" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="47">Less than or equal to</paragraph> 205cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 206cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 207cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148760" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="48">A1<=B1</paragraph> 208cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 209cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 210cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 211cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 212cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3157994" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="49"><> (Inequality)</paragraph> 213cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 214cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 215cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150019" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50">Inequality</paragraph> 216cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 217cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 218cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3149878" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="51">A1<>B1</paragraph> 219cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 220cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 221cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 222cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145241" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="52">Text operators</paragraph> 223cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155438" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="53">The operator combines separate texts into one text.</paragraph> 224cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3156061"> 225cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 226cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 227cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3150566" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="54">Operator</paragraph> 228cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 229cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 230cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3153048" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="55">Name</paragraph> 231cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 232cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 233cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3149001" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">Example</paragraph> 234cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 235cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 236cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 237cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 238cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148769" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="57">& (And)</paragraph> 239cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 240cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 241cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3157975"><bookmark_value>text concatenation AND</bookmark_value> 242cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 243cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3157975" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="58">text concatenation AND</paragraph> 244cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 245cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 246cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3157993" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="59">"Sun" & "day" is "Sunday"</paragraph> 247cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 248cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 249cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 250cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153550" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="60">Reference operators</paragraph> 251cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149024" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="61">These operators return a cell range of zero, one or more cells.</paragraph> 252cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2324900" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Range has the highest precedence, then intersection, and then finally union.</paragraph> 253cdf0e10cSrcweir<table id="tbl_id3154633"> 254cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 255cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 256cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3158416" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="62">Operator</paragraph> 257cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 258cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 259cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3152822" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="63">Name</paragraph> 260cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 261cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 262cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3154949" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="64">Example</paragraph> 263cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 264cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 265cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 266cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 267cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3156257" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="65">: (Colon)</paragraph> 268cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 269cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 270cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3153924" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="66">Range</paragraph> 271cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 272cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 273cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3148432" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="67">A1:C108</paragraph> 274cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 275cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 276cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 277cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 278cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3152592" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="68">! (Exclamation point)</paragraph> 279cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 280cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 281cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150606"><bookmark_value>intersection operator</bookmark_value> 282cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 283cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150606" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="69">Intersection</paragraph> 284cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 285cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 286cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3083445" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="70">SUM(A1:B6!B5:C12)</paragraph> 287cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3150385" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="71">Calculates the sum of all cells in the intersection; in this example, the result yields the sum of cells B5 and B6.</paragraph> 288cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 289cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 290cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablerow> 291cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 292cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id4003723" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">~ (Tilde)</paragraph> 293cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 294cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 295cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id838953" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Concatenation or union</paragraph> 296cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 297cdf0e10cSrcweir<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 298cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id2511978" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Takes two references and returns a reference list, which is a concatenation of the left reference followed by the right reference. Double entries are referenced twice. See note below this table.</paragraph> 299cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablecell> 300cdf0e10cSrcweir</tablerow> 301cdf0e10cSrcweir</table> 302cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="note" id="par_id181890" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Reference concatenation using a tilde character was implemented lately. When a formula with the tilde operator exists in a document that is opened in old versions of the software, an error is returned. A reference list is not allowed inside an array expression.</paragraph> 303cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 304cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 305