Re: Complex Calculations

[John Machin <sjmachin lexicon net>]

Andreas J. Guelzow wrote:

> On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 06:10 +1100, John Machin wrote:
> > Ralph Shumaker wrote:
> > > John Machin wrote:
> > > > Secondly, you don't need sum(En-Fn) ... just En-Fn is enough.
> > > >   
> > > En-Fn will give you the difference.  sum(En-Fn) is different. 
> > Where x is a scalar, how can sum(x) differ from x?
>
> Give
> =sum("a")="a"
> a try
>
> :-)

Ho ho, chuckle chuckle, ...

Where x is a scalar *NUMBER*, how can sum(x) differ from x?