[gnumeric] fix array function example
- From: Andreas J. Guelzow <guelzow src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnumeric] fix array function example
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 16:45:42 +0000 (UTC)
commit c6af5c9f0aab3fa76cb470cda6893674f9781d6c
Author: Andreas J Guelzow <aguelzow pyrshep ca>
Date: Wed Dec 7 09:17:26 2011 -0700
fix array function example
2011-12-07 Andreas J. Guelzow <aguelzow pyrshep ca>
* data-types.xml: fix example
doc/C/ChangeLog | 4 ++++
doc/C/data-types.xml | 12 ++++++++----
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/doc/C/ChangeLog b/doc/C/ChangeLog
index 2baa763..2c0b523 100644
--- a/doc/C/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/C/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-12-07 Andreas J. Guelzow <aguelzow pyrshep ca>
+
+ * data-types.xml: fix example
+
2011-12-03 Andreas J. Guelzow <aguelzow pyrshep ca>
* data-types.xml: fix typo
diff --git a/doc/C/data-types.xml b/doc/C/data-types.xml
index 8eaf29d..ea1e66f 100644
--- a/doc/C/data-types.xml
+++ b/doc/C/data-types.xml
@@ -867,13 +867,17 @@ FUNCTIONNAME(ARGUMENTS)
function <code>DMEDIAN</code> one can use the alternative expression
<code>median(if(A1:A20="AA",B1:B20))</code> entered as an array function as described in
<xref linkend="sect-data-formulas-array" />. Multiple conditions can be combined using
- the <code>AND</code> or <code>OR</code> functions as in
- <code>median(if(OR(A1:A20="AA",A1:A20="BB"),B1:B20))</code>.
+ multiplication to obtain <code>AND</code> and addition to obtain <code>OR</code> as in
+ <code>median(if((A1:A20="AA")+(C1:C20="BB"),B1:B20))</code>.
Using defined names as introduced in <xref linkend="sect-data-formulas-names" /> for
<code>A1:A20</code> and <code>B1:B20</code> can make this code very flexible and readable.
- </para>
+ </para>
</example>
-
+ <note><para>
+ In this case we can not use use <code>if(OR(A1:A20="AA",C1:C20="BB"),...)</code> since the
+ OR function would be applied to all 40 equality tests rather than each of the 20 pairs of equality tests.
+ </para></note>
+
<figure id="dmedian-example-1">
<title>Calculating the MEDIAN of Some Data Values</title>
<screenshot>
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