Item1998: Spreadsheet Plugin $RIGHT() is broken

Priority:	CurrentState:	AppliesTo:	Component:	WaitingFor:
Urgent	Closed	Extension	SpreadSheetPlugin

SpreadSheetPlugin $RIGHT() function is supposed to return the range of cells to the right of the current cell. Unfortunately, it returns cells to the left as well.

Test of RIGHT:

Col 3 below contains the expression: %CALC{"$SUM($RIGHT())"}%

Col 1	Col 2	Col 3	Col 4	Col 5
1	2	12	4	8
16	32	192	64	128

The correct answers are 12 and 192. Apparently, RIGHT includes one column to the left as well.

Test of LEFT:

Col 3 below contains the expression: %CALC{"$SUM($LEFT())"}%

Col 1	Col 2	Col 3	Col 4	Col 5
1	2	3	4	8
16	32	48	64	128

The correct answers above, are 3 and 48.

This works correctly.

Suggestion

Enhance $RIGHT() and $LEFT() to accept a value which is the number of cells to the right or left to include. For example $LEFT(2) would include the two cells to the left and no more.

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PATCH

Attached trivial patch fixes this out by 2 error...

• Calc.diff: Patch to fix this trivial but very annoying bug

Note - made this urgent because it seems a pretty good idea to include such a trivial fix for such a complete breakage of functionality in the release.

-- DarrylGreen - 08 Aug 2010

Good move. Fix merged to trunk, thanks Darryl!

-- CrawfordCurrie - 09 Aug 2010