Re: [office-formula] Groups - OpenDocument Formula Specification2008-12-21 (ODT) (OpenDocument-formula-20081221.odt) uploaded

[Eike Rathke <erack@sun.com>]

Hi Andreas,

On Sunday, 2008-12-21 16:40:36 -0700, Andreas J. Guelzow wrote:

> > - PERMUTATIONA() formula added.
> 
> I don't know what PERMUTATIONA is supposed to calculate. But the formula
> does _not_ match what OOo calculates: give permutationa(5.2,3) a try.

Correct, the arguments need a constraint to be integer as well.

> (Gnumeric does not have that function). Moreover if repetition is
> allowed then it really doesn't make any sense to have the constraint
> chosen <= total.

True. I don't know why Calc has that restriction, but I also don't know
why it has this function at all. Excel also doesn't have it. Any other
application?

Seems we should remove the constraint chosen <= total.

  Eike

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