Item1998: Spreadsheet Plugin $RIGHT() is broken

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Priority: Urgent
Current State: Closed
Released In: 1.1.0
Target Release: minor
Applies To: Extension
Component: SpreadSheetPlugin
Branches:
Reported By: RaymondLutz
Waiting For:
Last Change By: KennethLavrsen
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.


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

ItemTemplate edit

Summary Spreadsheet Plugin $RIGHT() is broken
ReportedBy RaymondLutz
Codebase 1.0.6
SVN Range Foswiki-1.0.0, Thu, 08 Jan 2009, build 1878
AppliesTo Extension
Component SpreadSheetPlugin
Priority Urgent
CurrentState Closed
WaitingFor
Checkins distro:7beb1e462116
TargetRelease minor
ReleasedIn 1.1.0
I Attachment Action Size Date Who Comment
Calc.diffdiff Calc.diff manage 356 bytes 08 Aug 2010 - 07:28 DarrylGreen Patch to fix this trivial but very annoying bug
Topic revision: r5 - 04 Oct 2010, KennethLavrsen
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