Here is an example spreadsheet showing off the bug. After experimenting a bit
today I can conclude there doesn't seem to be a single function that can
capture the error from Find() when used in an array like this.
Using the function wizard and moving the cursor through the formula on the
lower center table where an error is seems to be the most telling that
something is wrong. It shows the iserror() next to index() is returning true
yet the if statement it is in is running the false formula.
https://sites.google.com/site/ouchsdownloads/home/downloads/Bug%20Proof.ods
I've been using OpenOffice for years so I feel I have a pretty good handle on
how it works behind the scenes. So unless I'm overlooking something it really
seems like a bug to me.
On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 1:58 PM, Howard Cary Morris
<[email protected]> wrote:
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not sure, but if you expect Find to return a number, try N(FIND(…)) instead –
it converts value into a number. Howard From: ouch
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 2:31 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Possible Formula Bug in Calc? (IsError and Find) I have an array
formula that is returning an error of #VALUE when it shouldn't.The formula is
below.
{=ISERROR(INDEX($'Sales
4-10-2017'.$A$1:$A$1000;SMALL(IF(ISERROR(FIND("Discount";$'Sales
4-10-2017'.$A$1:$A$1000))=0;ROW($'Sales
4-10-2017'.$A$1:$A$1000);"");ROW(A200))))}
Digging into it, it seems Find is culprit of the #Value error. However that
initial iserror is not catching the error and the error propagates throughout
the formula even overriding the error #504 on index caused by the Find function
resulting in an invalid row being returned due to the error.
I put that final iserror around the index function just to show that something
is not right. The formula still returns #VALUE with that on there when it
obviously should be returning either true or false regardless of what the rest
of the formula is doing.
What is strange is if you move the cursor through the formula in the function
wizard it gets the expected results of true or false. But on the actual
spreadsheet you get that #VALUE error.
Oh, I just tried switching out Find for Search and the same thing occurs. So
maybe it's a bug in iserror as it's the only constant?
