Issue 23099

Summary: Autopilot functions need to sometimes use absolute references
Product: Calc Reporter: ericinterplascom <eric>
Component: codeAssignee: spreadsheet <spreadsheet>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: issues@sc <issues>
Severity: Trivial    
Priority: P3 CC: issues
Version: OOo 1.1   
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Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Issue Type: DEFECT Latest Confirmation in: ---
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Description ericinterplascom 2003-12-02 14:19:03 UTC
> Series:
> 3. When doing vlookup, and dragging a series, you'll notice the first
> parameter increases as it should but that lookup array reference parameter
> also increases:
> 
>    =VLOOKUP(K2;'City Abbreviations'.D1:E1039;2;0)
>    =VLOOKUP(K3;'City Abbreviations'.D2:E1040;2;0)
> 
> I could do a SHIFT-F4 to convert a cell from relative to absolute:
> =VLOOKUP(K2;'City Abbreviations'.D1:E1039;2;0)
> becomes:
> =VLOOKUP($K$2;'City Abbreviations'.$D$1:$E$1039;2;0)
> but I have to manually edit the first paramenter:
> =VLOOKUP(K2;'City Abbreviations'.$D$1:$E$1039;2;0)
> 
> IMHO, the function wizard should have made the array (the second parameter)
> absolute addresses instead of relative.  In fact, there may be more
> functions should be made absolute upon function creation by the Autopilot.
Comment 1 frank 2003-12-02 16:27:24 UTC
double 23098

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 23098 ***
Comment 2 frank 2003-12-02 16:27:44 UTC
closed double