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title="UNCONFIRMED - TEXTJOIN delimiters not synchronized if ignore_empty"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133379">133379</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>TEXTJOIN delimiters not synchronized if ignore_empty
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<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Version</th>
<td>6.4.3.2 release
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>All
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Linux (All)
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<th>Status</th>
<td>UNCONFIRMED
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Calc
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>joshua_coppersmith@hotmail.com
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<pre>Description:
When using TEXTJOIN with a constant array for the delimiters and ignore_empty
is set true the delimiter picked from the constant array is not advanced when
an empty cell/field is encountered which desynchronizes the multiple delimiters
from their obviously intended purpose to represent data hierarchy (to
distinguish fields and fields from records).
Steps to Reproduce:
Enter TEXTJOIN like =TEXTJOIN({",",",",";"},1,F9:H11) either as part of a
CSE/array formula or just a normal cell formula.
Actual Results:
With range fully populate behaviour is as expected, like
1 a A
2 b B
3 c C
TextJoin: 1,a,A;2,b,B;3,c,C
With any empty cell, the delimiters blindly repeat in cycle and become
meaningless, like:
1 A
2 b B
3 c C
TextJoin: 1,A,2;b,B,3;c,C
Expected Results:
The expected result would be:
1 A
2 b B
3 c C
TextJoin: 1,A;2,b,B;3,c,C
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
I do not have access to MS Excel 2019, but
<a href="https://support.office.com/en-us/article/TEXTJOIN-function">https://support.office.com/en-us/article/TEXTJOIN-function</a> implies that
TEXTJOIN is meant to be able to distinguish data fields from data records, etc.
Version: 6.4.3.2
Build ID: 747b5d0ebf89f41c860ec2a39efd7cb15b54f2d8
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3;
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded</pre>
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