Re: [1.12] countif(range, expression) unimplemented

[Andreas J Guelzow <aguelzow pyrshep ca>]

"function implementation unavailable" should mean that you do not have
the plugin loaded that defines 'countif'. Please check Tools->Plugins
whether the Math functions are loaded.

Andreas

On Fri, 2013-05-17 at 23:57 +0200, bat guano don blech e4ward com wrote:
> Good evening Tim, and good evening List.
> On 17.05.2013 23:32, Tim Schofield wrote:
>
> > I think it should have read:
> >
> > =countif(c3:c9,"x");
>
> Unfortunately, I have tried both (and more).
>
> > note the comma, not the semicolon. At least that works for me.
>
> The result remains the same. Also, if you ignore the semicolon, I really
> proceded like in my original post. Gnumeric itself should know how to
> construct the formula. ;-)
>
> In the meantime, I have written two python functions, one for "count in
> rows" and one fo "count in columns" as the ranges are not comfortable to
> work with. These functions replace countif, at least in the current context.
>
> As regards the missing countif in 1.12.1, I have posted the question to
> the french Ubuntu forum. For the time, nobody has really answered in a
> way which could clarify, if the error is specific to the Ubuntu-package
> in 13.04.
>
> I might try the same in the german and the english forums. Re-installing
> from the resources of the Linux-distribution has not changed anything.
>
> Good night,
>
> Michael.
>
> > Thanks
> > Tim
> >
> >
> > On 17 May 2013 13:36, <bat guano don blech e4ward com
> > <mailto:bat guano don blech e4ward com>> wrote:
> >     Hi,
> >
> >     trying to count all occurences of "x" in a line, I chose from the
> >     function-dropdown "mathematics", then countif and completed the formula
> >     =countif(c3:c9;"x")
> >     The result is an error "function implementation unavailable". The
> >     message is translated from the German locale that I use but should be
> >     all in all identic in English.
> >
> >     I do not ask for a fix, as I am quicker writing the missing function in
> >     Python. ;-)
> >
> >     Cheerio,
> >
> >     Michael.
> >
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