Issue 84266 - =ISNUMBER(FALSE) returns TRUE; logical values converted to numbers
Summary: =ISNUMBER(FALSE) returns TRUE; logical values converted to numbers
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of issue 58572
Alias: None
Product: Calc
Classification: Application
Component: programming (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.3
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 Trivial (vote)
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Assignee: spreadsheet
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Reported: 2007-12-05 14:49 UTC by drking
Modified: 2012-06-04 14:54 UTC (History)
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Description drking 2007-12-05 14:49:44 UTC 
Enter =NOT(TRUE) in a cell. The result is FALSE (correct) but the display in 
the formula bar is =NOT(1).

This is a small matter, but anyone trying this would most likely be trying to 
learn, and would be confused. Excel correctly displays =NOT(TRUE).

Same bug in other logical functions: AND, OR, IF
Comment 1 drking 2007-12-06 16:25:46 UTC 
It's worse than I thought:

=ISNUMBER(TRUE) displays in the input bar as =ISNUMBER(1), and returns the 
result TRUE. Similarly =ISLOGICAL(TRUE) returns FALSE.

Also =ISNUMBER(A1), where A1 contains TRUE, returns the result TRUE. Excel 
correctly returns FALSE, because A1 contains a logical value not a number. 
However =ISLOGICAL(A1) works correctly. 

As this is now a compatibility issue, I have changed the Summary (was: logical 
function =NOT(TRUE) displays as =NOT(1) ) and raised priority to P3
Comment 2 drking 2007-12-10 06:23:11 UTC 
Reading the ODFF spec (as at 15Nov07) it seems that this arises because Calc 
does not have distinct number and logical types. The spec allows a 'level 1' 
application to return TRUE from ISNUMBER(TRUE) - but  the implication is that a 
level 3 app like Calc should  handle this as Excel (if my assumption that level 
1 = 'small group' and level 3 = 'large group' is correct - the spec is not 
clear, at least to me...).
Comment 3 kpalagin 2008-01-09 20:43:40 UTC 
(As I can't find RFE for logical values)
Confirming - as described.
Comment 4 drking 2008-02-29 01:10:23 UTC 
Another case where Calc and Excel do not behave the same:
cell A1  0  
cell A2 =TRUE()

AVERAGE(A1:A2) returns 0.5 in Calc and 0 in Excel
Excel ignores logical values in AVERAGE by design. Calc cannot, because it has 
no distinct type.
Comment 5 drking 2008-09-20 08:27:42 UTC 
More information:
A1: =TRUE displays 1 - not good
A2: =TRUE() displays TRUE
ISLOGICAL(A1) displays FALSE - good
ISLOGICAL(A2) displays TRUE - good

Change the format of A1:A2 to number; both show 1; ISLOGICAL does not change...
..until you hit hard recalculate Shift-Ctrl-F9 - then ->FALSE

Change the format of A1:A2 to boolean; both show TRUE; ISLOGICAL does not 
change...
..until you hit hard recalculate Shift-Ctrl-F9 - then ->TRUE

I see the absence of a separate type for logical values as a serious weakness; 
there are many similar examples. But of course it's a lot of work to remedy.
Comment 6 Regina Henschel 2012-06-04 14:53:59 UTC 
The problem of not having a boolean data type is already tracked in issue 58572.

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of issue 58572 ***