I made a math column and put a formula in it. But I get an alert. This is a formula that works fine in spreadsheets. What’s wrong? STR L, RANK in the formula are the column names in the glide data sheet. The formula is STR * (0.166436 * (LV ^ (1/2)) +1) * (0.53198 * log (RAN K + 1) +1). Alerts …

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@Darren_Murphy (AKA The Script Man :superhero:) any help on that ?

I can’t help but notice the space between the N and the K in RANK.

Also the space between log and the parenthesis. Try log(

Thank you, everyone. I have noticed and fixed all the space issues that you have pointed out. But the result was the same. i*(0.166436*(r^(1/2))+1)(0.53198log(n+1)+1) For clarity, I’ve replaced the columns used in the formula with “i”, “r”, and “n”. But the result is the same. Is it possible t…

This is the screen for creating a math column. [スクリーンショット 2021-03-19 22.32.48]

Log needs a second parameter, so after n+1, add a comma and 10, like this: log(n+1,10) and see if the final result matches the sheet.

Yeah, @Jeff_Hager beat me to it. I just found that out. Glide does not default to base 10. LOG(numeric_expression, base_value) The Glide error message is not accurate however. Engineering is aware of the bad message and will fix that issue.

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Yeah, figured out the base 10 part just the other day while working on my calculator.

Alert in math column

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Any chance they can fix the bouncy cursor while they are at it?

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