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title="UNCONFIRMED - Documentation for VLOOKUP should not use word "Criterion" that is a defined term"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141822">141822</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Documentation for VLOOKUP should not use word "Criterion" that is a defined term
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<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Version</th>
<td>unspecified
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>All
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<th>OS</th>
<td>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>Documentation
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>mikekaganski@hotmail.com
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<td>olivier.hallot@libreoffice.org
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<pre>VLOOKUP help [1] mentions "Criterion":
<span class="quote">> Syntax
> =VLOOKUP(SearchCriterion; Array; Index [; SortedRangeLookup])</span >
This word "Criterion" has a specific meaning, is defined in ODF [2], and is
used e.g. in SUMIF(S) and the like (see also <a class="bz_bug_link
bz_status_NEW "
title="NEW - HELP: description of "criterion" is missing"
href="show_bug.cgi?id=131995">tdf#131995</a>). On the other hand,
VLOOKUP is documented [3] to use Any [4] as its first argument, and it does not
work with the syntax like "<=1" that is defined for criterion.
The documentation should not use "Criterion" (used as a generic
natural-language word), even combined with other words (like "SearchCriterion"
here) for arguments that are not related to this defined term, to not cause
ambiguity in users.
[1]
<a href="https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/scalc/01/04060109.html?DbPAR=CALC#bm_id3153152">https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/scalc/01/04060109.html?DbPAR=CALC#bm_id3153152</a>
[2]
<a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/OpenDocument/v1.3/OpenDocument-v1.3-part4-formula.html#a_4_11_8_Criterion">http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/OpenDocument/v1.3/OpenDocument-v1.3-part4-formula.html#a_4_11_8_Criterion</a>
[3]
<a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/OpenDocument/v1.3/OpenDocument-v1.3-part4-formula.html#VLOOKUP">http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/OpenDocument/v1.3/OpenDocument-v1.3-part4-formula.html#VLOOKUP</a>
[4]
<a href="http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/OpenDocument/v1.3/OpenDocument-v1.3-part4-formula.html#a_4_11_13_Any">http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/OpenDocument/v1.3/OpenDocument-v1.3-part4-formula.html#a_4_11_13_Any</a></pre>
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