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CHOOSEROWS

Supported, behaves as documented

Category: Lookup and reference · Last tested 2026-08-06

Real, executed compatibility results for the CHOOSEROWS function across Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice Calc — verified by actually running it. Syntax and links to each vendor’s official documentation are below.

✓ Supported in LibreOffice since 25.8.7.3. We ran CHOOSEROWS under every LibreOffice release we test (24.2.0.3, 24.8.7.2, 25.2.0.3, 25.8.7.3): it returned #NAME? (unrecognized) in 24.2.0.3 and first works in 25.8.7.3. If you need CHOOSEROWS in LibreOffice Calc, use 25.8.7.3 or newer.

Support matrix

EngineDocumentedLive-testedVerdict
Excel Yes Not yet n/a
Google Sheets Yes Not yet n/a
LibreOffice Calc No Yes (25.8.7.3, 2026-08-06) Supported, behaves as documented

LibreOffice version history

We executed the same test cases under each LibreOffice release to show exactly when CHOOSEROWS’s support changed — not documentation claims, real results.

LibreOffice versionVerdictTested
24.2.0.3 Unsupported (not recognized) 2026-07-19
24.8.7.2 Unsupported (not recognized) 2026-07-19
25.2.0.3 Unsupported (not recognized) 2026-07-24
25.8.7.3 Supported, behaves as documented 2026-08-06

Why isn't CHOOSEROWS working in LibreOffice?

If CHOOSEROWS returns a #NAME? error in LibreOffice Calc, you are almost certainly running a release older than 25.8.7.3 — that is exactly what our executed tests show: #NAME? in 24.2.0.3, working from 25.8.7.3 onward. Check your version under Help → About LibreOffice and upgrade to 25.8.7.3 or newer; no setting or extension enables it in older releases. (Other causes of this error: see the error values guide.)

Executed test cases

LibreOffice Calc 25.8.7.3 (tested 2026-08-06)

FormulaDescriptionResultExpectedVerdict
=CHOOSEROWS(A1:A5,4,2) Return rows 4 and 2 of a column, in that order {40, 20} {40, 20} Matched

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