30 arguments in functions (?)

[Olivier Hallot]

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Em 03-12-2013 10:13, Eike Rathke escreveu:
> Hi Olivier,
> 
> On Friday, 2013-11-29 19:57:00 -0200, Olivier Hallot wrote:
> 
>> Most of the translation I have about Calc functions such as SUM, SUMIF,
>> COUNT states that "arg1, arg1... arg30 are 30 arguments for the
>> function...."
>>
>> Some people here are discorvering that, in fact, you can have up to 255
>> arguments in your function.
>>
>> So, what should we put in our translation? Is this a unlisted feature?
> 
> The functions' number of possible parameters is 255, but the
> FunctionWizard UI currently is limited to 30 arguments, if you have
> a function with more arguments the remaining arguments and separators
> get squeezed into the last parameter's UI edit field, which looks odd
> but still works. That's why you encounter the magic number 30 in the
> FunctionWizard descriptions that maybe also made it into the help text.
> 
> So in translations of the current FunctionWizard function descriptions
> I'd stick with the 30 (saying 255 there but not actually supporting it
> in the UI would be weird), but not mention that number elsewhere.
> 
>   Eike
> 
Thanks Eike for the explanation. Although it is a limit almost never
reached, do you think this limit can be lifted through an easy-hack?
(maybe there is just no demand for that...)

Regards
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