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The only way one should code C btw. (feddit.org)
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[–] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Grrman C might be fake, but German Excel isn't.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Localised Excel formulas makes me so angry, it's hard to put it into words.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it's hard to put it into words.

Just copy from Excel, then paste into Word. 🤷‍♂️

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's the problem. It's not called Word in other countries!

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Word, yo!

[–] rucksack@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Commas as a decimal separator be like: Guten Tag

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And the commas between function arguments in formulas become Semicola instead

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I remember a bug where the PC at an electrical substation was in french, so 'if' had to be changed to 'si' in the excel sheet ...