user selectable string conversion models, related fdo#37132 fdo#74622
Determines how to treat text when encountered as operand in an arithmetic operation or as argument to a function that expects a number instead. Selectable under Tools->Options->Calc->Formula "Detailed calculation settings" "Custom" from "Conversion from text to number" are: Generate #VALUE! error: =1+"1" or =1+"x" give #VALUE! Treat as zero: =1+"1" or =1+"x" give 1 Convert only unambiguous: =1+"1" gives 2, but =1+"1.000" or =1+"x" give #VALUE! Convert also locale dependent: =1+"1.000" may be 2 or 1001 ... =1+"x" gives #VALUE! For "Generate #VALUE! error" and "Treat as zero" the "Treat empty string as zero" option follows these settings, for "Convert only unambiguous" and "Convert also locale dependent" it can be set independently. When reading documents created by other spreadsheet applications or older versions of LibreOffice, and to interchange documents between different locales the "Convert only unambiguous" with "Treat empty string as zero = True" setting is recommended, though LibreOffice so far acted as "Convert also locale dependent" with "Treat empty string as zero = False", which is the reason that option is kept as default. The best setting to create new documents that can be interpreted by all spreadsheet applications without on-the-fly string conversion is "Generate #VALUE! error". Not having to convert strings during calculation ist also faster, of course. Change-Id: Ie6dc34a00a82064a2d862b2178ce715fab945f85
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