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Supported, behaves as documented

Category: Logical · Last tested 2026-07-04

Support matrix

EngineDocumentedLive-testedVerdict
Excel Yes Not yet n/a
Google Sheets Yes Not yet n/a
LibreOffice Calc Yes Yes (24.2.7.2, 2026-07-04) Supported, behaves as documented

Executed test cases

LibreOffice Calc 24.2.7.2 (tested 2026-07-04)

FormulaDescriptionResultExpectedVerdict
=NOT(TRUE) NOT(TRUE) -> FALSE False False Matched
=NOT(FALSE) NOT(FALSE) -> TRUE True True Matched
=NOT(0) 0 coerces to FALSE, so NOT(0) -> TRUE (same numeric-coercion convention as AND/OR/XOR) True True
Numeric coercion for logical functions confirmed via https://www.ablebits.com/office-addins-blog/excel-and-or-xor-not-functions/
Matched
=NOT(5) Any nonzero number coerces to TRUE, so NOT(5) -> FALSE False False Matched
=NOT("abc") An arbitrary text literal cannot be coerced to a logical value -> #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! Matched

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