Re: [office-formula] ABS != Abs?

[Eike Rathke <erack@sun.com>]

Hi Dennis,

On Monday, 2010-02-08 10:23:29 -0800, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:

> Right, the first note (in 2.3(1.1)) fails to take the Absolute value and
> incorrectly delivers a negative number.  The result should be "3", not "-3".

Wrong. The examples give the element that is taken from the array in
that context, not the final result of the formula.

  Eike

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