Issue 23099 - Autopilot functions need to sometimes use absolute references
Summary: Autopilot functions need to sometimes use absolute references
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of issue 23098
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Product: Calc
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.1
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
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Reported: 2003-12-02 14:19 UTC by ericinterplascom
Modified: 2003-12-02 16:27 UTC (History)
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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