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# EwE2J‖Operators in LibreOffice Calc

sssoj‖You can use the following operators in LibreOffice Calc:

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## DVBCe‖Arithmetical Operators

BCT76‖These operators return numerical results.

pbFEA‖Operator | 49fhx‖Name | 3juWm‖Example
--- | --- | ---
+ | 8VGky‖Addition | 1+1
- | HNAdf‖Subtraction | 2-1
- | Cy2wm‖Negation | -5
* | mQ8FF‖Multiplication | 2*2
/ | RJx3b‖Division | 9/3
% | ehGjR‖Percent | 15%
^ | Bp5QG‖Exponentiation | 3^2

QZRSe‖Prefix "-" (negation) has a higher precedence than "^" (exponentiation). For example -3^2 equals 9, which is the square of a negative number.

vnpx5‖B^X may or may not report a #NUM! error when B is negative and X is not an integer. The expression =B^X is calculated the same way as =POWER(B;X).

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## 77TDi‖Comparative operators

rod4c‖These operators return either true or false.

qxQ83‖Operator | 8jQ6F‖Name | CCsqC‖Example
--- | --- | ---
= | ubUi7‖Equal | A1=B1
> | vsj86‖Greater than | A1>B1
< | vKBrR‖Less than | A1<B1
>= | 4wHTT‖Greater than or equal to | A1>=B1
<= | 8ghop‖Less than or equal to | A1<=B1
<> | dXwNM‖Inequality | A1<>B1

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## aAdxC‖Text operators

qVCHs‖The operator combines separate texts into one text.

D3PA9‖Operator | bHMKb‖Name | Y4cRR‖Example
--- | --- | ---
& | PPAnS‖text concatenation | JDUDf‖"Sun" & "day" is "Sunday"

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## GRADv‖Reference operators

X3A4D‖These operators return a cell range of zero, one or more cells.

AV5Zu‖Range has the highest precedence, then intersection, and then finally union.

nMVzZ‖Operator | taxei‖Name | tfD9G‖Example
--- | --- | ---
: | hLJDt‖Range | MGA8Q‖A1:C108, A:D or 3:13
! | XoTEi‖Intersection | 6z2iQ‖SUM(A1:B6!B5:C12) LEZqv‖Calculates the sum of all cells in the intersection; in this example, the result yields the sum of cells B5 and B6.
~ | aAvYu‖Concatenation or union | 56Udn‖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. FayxP‖=COUNT(A1:B2~B2:C3) counts values of A1:B2 and B2:C3. Note that the cell B2 is counted twice. EYFWA‖=INDEX(A1:B2~C1:D2;2;1;2) selects cell C2, that is, the first cell of the second row, first column, of the second range (C1:D2) of the range list.

nVdpz‖A reference list is not allowed inside an array expression.

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## P48yb‖Operator precedence

AnY7r‖Associativity and precedence of operators, from highest to lowest precedence.

2oYZr‖Associativity | 9o8yW‖Operator(s) | rpJz9‖Comments
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K9e8H‖left | : | Rj4Dm‖Range.
7CcBD‖left | ! | 5KRBi‖Reference intersection (A1:C4!B1:B5 is B1:B4).
EvVGL‖left | ~ | QifDG‖Reference union.
7fAvR‖right | +,- | x6cEn‖Prefix unary operators. For example, -5 or -A1. Note that these have a different precedence than add and subtract.
pAdor‖left | % | cML5P‖Postfix unary operator % (divide by 100). Note that this is legal with expressions, for example, B1%.
X6xsj‖left | ^ | cB6AG‖Power (2^3 is 8).
2YAKJ‖left | *,/ | syUtD‖Multiply, divide.
uQT7C‖left | +,- | wz3Vr‖Binary operations add, subtract. Note that unary (prefix) + and - have a different precedence.
CLVku‖left | & | 36XAc‖Binary operation string concatenation. Note that "&" shall be escaped when included in an XML document.
vaLpi‖left | =, <>, <, <=, >, >= | Y6nxm‖Comparison operators equal to, not equal to, less than, less than or equal to, greater than, greater than or equal to.

haEyR‖Prefix "-" has a higher precedence than "^", "^" is left-associative, and reference intersection has a higher precedence than reference union.

EDyXx‖Prefix "+" and "-" are defined to be right-associative. However, note that typical applications which implement at most the operators defined in this specification (as specified) may implement them as left-associative, because the calculated results will be identical.

nbL6F‖Precedence can be overridden by using parentheses, so "=2+3*4" computes to 14 but "=(2+3)*4" computes 20.

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