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         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Logical Functions</title>
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<h1 id="hd_id3153484">Logical Functions</h1>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149312" role="paragraph"><variable id="logicaltext">This category contains the <emph>Logical</emph> functions.
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<h3 id="hd_id631520887352751">Handling non-logical arguments in logical functions</h3>
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        <paragraph id="par_id431520887384579" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Zero (0) is equivalent to FALSE and all other numbers are equivalent to TRUE.</paragraph>
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        <paragraph id="par_id591520888006686" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">A #VALUE error is raised if one argument is direct text (not text in a cell).</paragraph>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147505"><bookmark_value>AND function</bookmark_value>
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<h2 id="hd_id3147505">AND</h2>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153959" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_UND">Returns TRUE if all arguments are TRUE.</ahelp> If one of the elements is FALSE, this function returns the FALSE value.</paragraph>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146100" role="paragraph">The arguments are either logical expressions themselves (TRUE, 1&lt;5, 2+3=7, B8&lt;10) that return logical values, or arrays (A1:C3) containing logical values.</paragraph>
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         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159123" role="code">AND(<embedvar href="text/scalc/01/ful_func.xhp#logical255_1" markup="keep"/>)</paragraph>
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         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153123" role="paragraph">The logical values of entries 12&lt;13; 14&gt;12, and 7&lt;6 are to be checked:</paragraph>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145632" role="paragraph">
            <item type="input">=AND(12&lt;13;14&gt;12;7&lt;6)</item> returns FALSE.</paragraph>
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            <item type="input">=AND (FALSE;TRUE)</item> returns FALSE.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3149015">FALSE</h2>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149890" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_FALSCH">Returns the logical value FALSE.</ahelp> The FALSE() function does not require any arguments, and always returns the logical value FALSE.</paragraph>
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         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150030" role="code">FALSE()</paragraph>
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            <item type="input">=FALSE()</item> returns FALSE</paragraph>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147468" role="paragraph">
            <item type="input">=NOT(FALSE())</item> returns TRUE</paragraph>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150141"><bookmark_value>IF function</bookmark_value>
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<h2 id="hd_id3150141">IF</h2>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148740" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_WENN">Specifies a logical test to be performed.</ahelp></paragraph>
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         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154558" role="code">IF(Test [; [ThenValue] [; [OtherwiseValue]]])</paragraph>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149727" role="paragraph">
            <emph>Test</emph> is any value or expression that can be TRUE or FALSE.</paragraph>
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            <emph>ThenValue</emph> (optional) is the value that is returned if the logical test is TRUE.</paragraph>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154811" role="paragraph">
            <emph>OtherwiseValue</emph> (optional) is the value that is returned if the logical test is FALSE.</paragraph>
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            <input>=IF(A1&gt;5;100;"too small")</input> If the value in <literal>A1</literal> is greater than <literal>5</literal>, the value <literal>100</literal> is returned; otherwise, the text <literal>too small</literal> is returned.</paragraph>
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            <input>=IF(A1&gt;5;;"too small")</input> If the value in <literal>A1</literal> is greater than <literal>5</literal>, the value <literal>0</literal> is returned because empty parameters are considered to be <literal>0</literal>; otherwise, the text <literal>too small</literal> is returned.</paragraph>
         <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id11607570458867"><input>=IF(A1&gt;5;100;)</input> If the value in <literal>A1</literal> is less than <literal>5</literal>, the value <literal>0</literal> is returned because the empty <emph>OtherwiseValue</emph> is interpreted as <literal>0</literal>; otherwise <literal>100</literal> is returned.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3155954">NOT</h2>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153570" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_NICHT">Complements (inverts) a logical value.</ahelp></paragraph>
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         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3157996" role="code">NOT(LogicalValue)</paragraph>
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            <emph>LogicalValue</emph> is any value to be complemented.</paragraph>
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         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150132" role="paragraph">
            <item type="input">=NOT(A)</item>. If A=TRUE then NOT(A) will evaluate FALSE.</paragraph>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148394"><bookmark_value>OR function</bookmark_value>
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<h2 id="hd_id3148394">OR</h2>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156060" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_ODER">Returns TRUE if at least one argument is TRUE.</ahelp> This function returns the value FALSE, if all the arguments have the logical value FALSE.</paragraph>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148771" role="paragraph">The arguments are either logical expressions themselves (TRUE, 1&lt;5, 2+3=7, B8&lt;10) that return logical values, or arrays (A1:C3) containing logical values.</paragraph>
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         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150468" role="code">OR(<embedvar href="text/scalc/01/ful_func.xhp#logical255_1" markup="keep"/>)</paragraph>
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         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154870" role="paragraph">The logical values of entries 12&lt;11; 13&gt;22, and 45=45 are to be checked.</paragraph>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155371" role="paragraph">
            <item type="input">=OR(12&lt;11;13&gt;22;45=45)</item> returns TRUE.</paragraph>
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            <item type="input">=OR(FALSE;TRUE)</item> returns TRUE.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3156256">TRUE</h2>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155985" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_WAHR">The logical value is set to TRUE.</ahelp> The TRUE() function does not require any arguments, and always returns the logical value TRUE.</paragraph>
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         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146148" role="paragraph">If A=TRUE and B=FALSE the following examples appear:</paragraph>
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            <item type="input">=AND(A;B)</item> returns FALSE</paragraph>
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            <item type="input">=OR(A;B)</item> returns TRUE</paragraph>
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            <item type="input">=NOT(AND(A;B))</item> returns TRUE</paragraph>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156257"><bookmark_value>XOR function</bookmark_value>
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<h2 id="hd_id3156257">XOR</h2>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155987" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid="HID_FUNC_XOR">Returns true if an odd number of arguments evaluates to TRUE.</ahelp></paragraph>
         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148772" role="paragraph">The arguments are either logical expressions themselves (TRUE, 1&lt;5, 2+3=7, B8&lt;10) that return logical values, or arrays (A1:C3) containing logical values.</paragraph>
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         <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150469" role="code">XOR(<embedvar href="text/scalc/01/ful_func.xhp#logical255_1" markup="keep"/>)</paragraph>
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            <item type="input">=XOR(TRUE;TRUE)</item> returns FALSE</paragraph>
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            <item type="input">=XOR(TRUE;TRUE;TRUE)</item> returns TRUE</paragraph>
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            <item type="input">=XOR(FALSE;TRUE)</item> returns TRUE</paragraph>
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