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Q&A Iterative references in LibreOffice Calc

An as yet unanswered Q from Stack Overflow [SO] enquired: how to stop looping this formula where the formulae were: in B9 =16,50 in B10 =B9-B11 in B11 =B10/2 without changing ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by pnuts‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Alexei‭

#2: Post edited by user avatar Alexei‭ · 2020-11-01T06:57:56Z (over 3 years ago)
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#1: Initial revision by user avatar pnuts‭ · 2020-10-17T16:32:57Z (over 3 years ago)
Iterative references in LibreOffice Calc
An as yet unanswered [Q](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62142652/libre-ofice-calc-problem-with-looping-formula) from Stack Overflow [SO] enquired:

>how to stop looping this formula

where the formulae were:

in B9     =16,50

in B10    =B9-B11

in B11    =B10/2

>without changing text in cell.

(The above after changing `*` to `/` based on a comment. It can also be deduced from that comment that `16,5` is a value ("sixteen and a half") and that the formulae should return `11` in B10 and `5,5` or `5.5` in B11.)

The effect is to split the B9 value into 2/3rds (B10) and1/3rd (B11) but this was an academic exercise with the artificial constraint that:

> My lecturer want to 3 option... He didn't let me to change formulas in cell, he want explanation error and "magic solve".

So, how to achieve the desired split without changing the formulae?