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Posts by pnuts‭

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Q&A Conditionally format a pair of columns

First, such formatting is conditional, so there is no need for the IF functions here (nor, normally, in general for Conditional Formatting [CF]). Formatting is triggered when the response to a form...

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

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Q&A Conditionally format a pair of columns

A user of Web Applications asked "How should I fix the formula?" with reference to: =IF($K4<2,$K4) applied as a Conditional Formatting [CF] formula to J4:J8, where the desired (green fill) f...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by pnuts‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by Wicket‭

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Q&A How to convert an RFC822 timestamp to a date index number?

Yes, only the sixth to eleventh characters are required and these may be extracted with the MID function. MID is a string function that returns Text but a double unary operator should trigger Sheet...

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

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Q&A How to convert an RFC822 timestamp to a date index number?

A self-answered question - How to get DATEVALUE to recognize RSS 2 pubDate (RFC822)? - written by spcsLrg on Web Applications Stack Exchange offers this formula: =DATEVALUE(TRIM(REGEXREPLACE(A1,"^...

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

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Q&A Data validation applied to tickboxes

Given ColumnA contains a Text header (A1), an allowed maximum number (A2), fifty tickboxes (A3:A62) and a formula in A63 of: =countif(A3:A62,TRUE) how can I block application of more than the a...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by pnuts‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by pnuts‭

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Q&A How to calculate the Hamming weight of a binary string?

I believe the answer at the moment is "No" but a very simple formula in LibreOffice 5.4.3.2 can achieve the desired result: =LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B1;0;"")) where B1 contains: =BASE(A1;2;8) as valid and...

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

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Q&A How to calculate the Hamming weight of a binary string?

A presently unanswered question on Stack Overflow asks: Does there exist a popcount function in libreoffice calc? and clarifies that "I often use BASE(A1;2;8) to show a number in binary".

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

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Q&A Count the number of occurrences in a text string

Although spreadsheets were never really intended for text processing, I think a formula solution is possible (LibreOffice 5.4.3.2): For the first example above: =(LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"XYZ",""...

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

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Q&A Count the number of occurrences in a text string

If I have some text in a cell, how can I find the number of times another piece of text appears in it? For example, suppose A1 contains Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.. pick occurs 2...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by pnuts‭  ·  last activity 11mo ago by Dirk Herrmann‭

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Q&A Multiple string concatenation in Excel

In Office 365 and Excel 2019 there is a TEXTJOIN: =TEXTJOIN(",",,A1:A10) which can be written into the cell where the output is required. Assumes A1:A10 has been populated to suit.

posted 4y ago by pnuts‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Alexei‭

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