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diff --git a/source/text/scalc/guide/wildcards.xhp b/source/text/scalc/guide/wildcards.xhp index 8c33ba0ad0..6f8c46fe48 100644 --- a/source/text/scalc/guide/wildcards.xhp +++ b/source/text/scalc/guide/wildcards.xhp @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ <h1 id="hd_id941629155075179"><variable id="wildcards_h1"><link href="text/scalc/guide/wildcards.xhp" name="wildcards_link">Using Wildcards in Formulas</link></variable></h1> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id571629155308959">Wildcards are special characters that can be used in search strings that are passed as arguments to some Calc functions. They can also be used to define search criteria in the <emph>Find & Replace</emph> dialog. The use of wildcards enables the definition of more advanced search parameters with a single search string.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id391629156224638">%PRODUCTNAME Calc supports either <emph>wildcards</emph> or <emph>regular expressions</emph> as arguments depending on the current application settings. By default %PRODUCTNAME Calc is set to support wildcards instead of regular expressions.</paragraph> - <tip id="par_id551629156504794">To make sure wildcards are supported, go to <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><menuitem>LibreOffice - Preferences - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Calculate</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Calculate</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline> and check if the option <emph>Enable wildcards in formulas</emph> is selected. Note that you can use this dialog to switch to regular expressions by choosing <emph>Enable regular expressions in formulas</emph> or choose to support neither wildcards nor regular expressions.</tip> + <tip id="par_id551629156504794">To make sure wildcards are supported, go to <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><menuitem>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Calculate</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Calculate</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline> and check if the option <emph>Enable wildcards in formulas</emph> is selected. Note that you can use this dialog to switch to regular expressions by choosing <emph>Enable regular expressions in formulas</emph> or choose to support neither wildcards nor regular expressions.</tip> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id141629156913731">The following wildcards are supported:</paragraph> <table id="tab_id561629209073388"> <tablerow> @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ </tablecell> <tablecell> <paragraph id="par_id51629209073388" role="tablecontent">Matches any sequence of characters, including an empty string. For example, the search string "*cast" will match “cast”, “forecast”, and “outcast”, but will not match "forecaster" using default %PRODUCTNAME settings.</paragraph> - <paragraph id="par_id351629209153307" role="tablecontent">If the option <menuitem>Search criteria = and <> must apply to whole cells</menuitem> is disabled in <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><menuitem>LibreOffice - Preferences - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Calculate</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Calculate</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline>, then "forecaster" will be a match using the "*cast" search string.</paragraph> + <paragraph id="par_id351629209153307" role="tablecontent">If the option <menuitem>Search criteria = and <> must apply to whole cells</menuitem> is disabled in <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><menuitem>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Calculate</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Calculate</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline>, then "forecaster" will be a match using the "*cast" search string.</paragraph> </tablecell> </tablerow> <tablerow> @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ </listitem> </list> <h2 id="hd_id701629159564269">Examples of Wildcards in Formulas</h2> - <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id121629289062103">The following examples consider that the options <menuitem>Enable wildcards in formulas</menuitem> and <menuitem>Search criteria = and <> must apply to whole cells</menuitem> are enabled in <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><menuitem>LibreOffice - Preferences - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Calculate</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Calculate</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline>.</paragraph> + <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id121629289062103">The following examples consider that the options <menuitem>Enable wildcards in formulas</menuitem> and <menuitem>Search criteria = and <> must apply to whole cells</menuitem> are enabled in <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><menuitem>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Calculate</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - Calculate</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline>.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id271629159111490"><input>=COUNTIF(A1:A10;"Chi*")</input> counts the number of cells in the range <emph>A1:A10</emph> containing strings that start with "Chi" followed by zero or more characters.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id741629159343415"><input>=SUMIF(A1:A5;"A??";B1:B5)</input> sums the values in <emph>B1:B5</emph> whose corresponding values in <emph>A1:A5</emph> start with "A" followed by exactly two other characters.</paragraph> <note id="par_id141629159465592">Wildcard comparisons are <emph>not</emph> case sensitive, hence "A?" will match both "A1" and "a1".</note> |