Re: [office-formula] 6.15.59 SUBTOTAL

[Eike Rathke <erack@sun.com>]

Hi Eric,

On Tuesday, 2009-03-10 20:13:20 +0000, Eric Patterson wrote:

> The purpose of the SUBTOTAL function is to treat hidden rows differently otherwise the primary function (Sum, Average, etc.) could be used instead.  For this reason, explicit values don't make sense as a parameter.

While they may not make sense, I see no reason to disallow them, other
than "prevent usage" from a user's perspective.

  Eike

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