Re: [office] YEARFRAC, etc.

[Eike Rathke <erack@sun.com>]

Hi Patrick,

On Monday, 2008-04-14 15:52:52 -0400, Patrick Durusau wrote:

> Remember that we are standardizing functions that users *expect* to see in 
> spreadsheets. Unfortunately, if we were to lose YEARFRAC, there are other 
> financial functions that depend upon it. I know there are at least three 
> but suspect if we looked closely we would find others.

Roundabout 25, actually all financial functions of section 6.11 that
take an optional parameter "Integer basis = 0".

> I really don't see any alternative to following the "Excel non-definition" 
> however it gets defined.

Exactly. But only if their definition defines the behavior as it is
implemented, not wishful thinking ...

  Eike

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