DPRODUCT function
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DPRODUCT
Returns the product of cells in a column of a Calc 'database' table, in rows which meet specified criteria.
Syntax:
DPRODUCT(database_table; field; criteria_table)
where
- database_table is a range defining the data to be processed.
- field is the column to sum. It may be a column number (1 is the first column of the database table, 2 is the second …) or a column header (enclosed in quotation marks ””) or a cell referring to a column header.
- criteria_table is a range containing criteria, which are used to select which rows of the database_table to sum.
- The Database functions overview describes the use of these parameters in detail.
DPRODUCT multiplies together the contents of all cells found in the field column.
Example:
In this spreadsheet:
| A | B | C | D | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Box size | Dimension | cm | Box size | |
| 2 | A | width | 23 | C | |
| 3 | A | height | 19 | ||
| 4 | A | depth | 35 | ||
| 5 | B | width | 35 | ||
| 6 | B | height | 35 | ||
| 7 | B | depth | 19 | ||
| 8 | C | width | 23 | ||
| 9 | C | height | 35 | ||
| 10 | C | depth | 21 | ||
| 11 | D | width | 19 | ||
| 12 | D | height | 17 | ||
| 13 | D | depth | 12 |
DPRODUCT(A1:C13; "cm"; E1:E2)
- returns the volume of Box C - that is, the product of all cells in the "cm" column whose Box size is C (width * height * depth = 23 * 35 * 21 = 16905).
Issues:
The OOo2.3 Help implies that 0 as a field will include the entire database table. This seems to be wrong - only a single column can be processed.
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