Issue 122187

Summary: Countif misses matches if they contain "[" "(" ")" or "="
Product: Calc Reporter: sm0090
Component: uiAssignee: AOO issues mailing list <issues>
Status: CONFIRMED --- QA Contact:
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P3 CC: elish, issues
Version: 3.4.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows, all   
Issue Type: DEFECT Latest Confirmation in: ---
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Description Flags
4 cases in which the bug occurs (B4:B7) and 3 in which it doesn't (B11:B13)
none
Calc vs. Gnumeric none

Description sm0090 2013-04-29 09:25:39 UTC
Created attachment 80605 [details]
4 cases in which the bug occurs (B4:B7) and 3 in which it doesn't (B11:B13)

If a cell contains one of the characters "[" or "(" or ")" or "=" (but strangely not "]"), it will not count this cell, even if the cell itself is the search criterion. In those cases, even "=countif(A1;A1)" yields 0 as result.
Comment 1 Edwin Sharp 2013-09-10 07:09:11 UTC
Created attachment 81500 [details]
Calc vs. Gnumeric

Gnumeric 1.10.16
Comment 2 Edwin Sharp 2013-09-10 07:10:04 UTC
Confirmed with Rev. 1520602 Win 7