* Suggested change to Manual 3.5.9 example table
@ 2012-07-11 14:11 Charles
2012-07-11 14:26 ` suvayu ali
2012-07-11 15:30 ` Nick Dokos
0 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Charles @ 2012-07-11 14:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode Mode
I have searched the news groups concerning this and found nothing.
I am attempting to learn the advance features for tables and could not
understand 29.7 as the result for $at=vmean(@-II..@-I);%.1f.
I copied the table and formulas into a scratch org file, changed the
floating point to .2f and the result was 25.00, which I believe is
correct. I changed it back to .1f and 25.0 was the result.
Is the result as given in the manual supposed to demonstrate some
concept that is not evident to me?
Charlie Millar
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* Re: Suggested change to Manual 3.5.9 example table
2012-07-11 14:11 Suggested change to Manual 3.5.9 example table Charles
@ 2012-07-11 14:26 ` suvayu ali
2012-07-11 22:23 ` Charles
2012-07-11 15:30 ` Nick Dokos
1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: suvayu ali @ 2012-07-11 14:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Charles; +Cc: emacs-orgmode Mode
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Charles <millarc@verizon.net> wrote:
> I have searched the news groups concerning this and found nothing.
>
> I am attempting to learn the advance features for tables and could not
> understand 29.7 as the result for $at=vmean(@-II..@-I);%.1f.
>
> I copied the table and formulas into a scratch org file, changed the
> floating point to .2f and the result was 25.00, which I believe is correct.
> I changed it back to .1f and 25.0 was the result.
>
> Is the result as given in the manual supposed to demonstrate some concept
> that is not evident to me?
>
It's a C-style format specifier. Take a look in the following link for
a more comprehensive description.
<http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdio/printf/>
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
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* Re: Suggested change to Manual 3.5.9 example table
2012-07-11 14:26 ` suvayu ali
@ 2012-07-11 22:23 ` Charles
2012-07-11 22:38 ` suvayu ali
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Charles @ 2012-07-11 22:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
On 7/11/2012 10:26 AM, suvayu ali wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Charles <millarc@verizon.net> wrote:
>> I have searched the news groups concerning this and found nothing.
>>
>> I am attempting to learn the advance features for tables and could not
>> understand 29.7 as the result for $at=vmean(@-II..@-I);%.1f.
>>
>> I copied the table and formulas into a scratch org file, changed the
>> floating point to .2f and the result was 25.00, which I believe is correct.
>> I changed it back to .1f and 25.0 was the result.
>>
>> Is the result as given in the manual supposed to demonstrate some concept
>> that is not evident to me?
>>
> It's a C-style format specifier. Take a look in the following link for
> a more comprehensive description.
>
> <http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdio/printf/>
>
>
Suvaya and others on the list,
I was not specific, as a matter of fact I may have been deliberately
abstruse - that was not called for. All I was trying to say that
example should be corrected since it is confusing.
Since it appeared that the mean should be 25 rather than 29.7 I
changed the decimal places in the format specifier and recomputed the
entire table. It seemed easier to do that than change any of the fields
in the table.
Thank you for consideration and for the link.
Charlie Millar
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* Re: Suggested change to Manual 3.5.9 example table
2012-07-11 22:23 ` Charles
@ 2012-07-11 22:38 ` suvayu ali
2012-07-11 22:46 ` Nick Dokos
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: suvayu ali @ 2012-07-11 22:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Charles; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Hello Charles,
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Charles <millarc@verizon.net> wrote:
> All I was trying to say that example should be corrected since it is
> confusing.
And here I was thinking you are asking about the format specifier! :-p
Since you have already put in the effort to correct the table, how about
submitting it as a patch to doc/org.texi? You could also take this
opportunity to improve the text somewhat. :)
Cheers,
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
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* Re: Suggested change to Manual 3.5.9 example table
2012-07-11 22:38 ` suvayu ali
@ 2012-07-11 22:46 ` Nick Dokos
2012-07-12 1:32 ` Charles
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Nick Dokos @ 2012-07-11 22:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: suvayu ali; +Cc: emacs-orgmode, Charles
suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Charles,
>
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Charles <millarc@verizon.net> wrote:
> > All I was trying to say that example should be corrected since it is
> > confusing.
>
> And here I was thinking you are asking about the format specifier! :-p
>
> Since you have already put in the effort to correct the table, how about
> submitting it as a patch to doc/org.texi? You could also take this
> opportunity to improve the text somewhat. :)
>
I replied to Charlie's original message but from the tenor of the replies here
I gather nobody saw my message? But I just checked gmane and it's there, so
I'm not sure any more: did anybody see it? Here's the message body again just
in case:
Charles <millarc@verizon.net> wrote:
> I have searched the news groups concerning this and found nothing.
>
> I am attempting to learn the advance features for tables and could not
> understand 29.7 as the result for $at=vmean(@-II..@-I);%.1f.
>
> I copied the table and formulas into a scratch org file, changed the
> floating point to .2f and the result was 25.00, which I believe is
> correct. I changed it back to .1f and 25.0 was the result.
>
> Is the result as given in the manual supposed to demonstrate some
> concept that is not evident to me?
>
Good one.
It *may* have been intended to illustrate the difference between rows
marked with # and unmarked rows; e.g. if you go back and change a grade
in Sam's row and press TAB, then the # rows are recalculated but the
unmarked one is not. So the 29.7 might have been a (now incorrect)
remnant of a previous calculation that would have been corrected in the
next global recalculation.
However, if that's the case, a more extensive explanation would
certainly be welcome.
Nick
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* Re: Suggested change to Manual 3.5.9 example table
2012-07-11 22:46 ` Nick Dokos
@ 2012-07-12 1:32 ` Charles
2012-08-02 15:41 ` Bastien
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Charles @ 2012-07-12 1:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
On 7/11/2012 6:46 PM, Nick Dokos wrote:
> suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Charles,
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Charles <millarc@verizon.net> wrote:
>>> All I was trying to say that example should be corrected since it is
>>> confusing.
>> And here I was thinking you are asking about the format specifier! :-p
>>
>> Since you have already put in the effort to correct the table, how about
>> submitting it as a patch to doc/org.texi? You could also take this
>> opportunity to improve the text somewhat. :)
>>
> I replied to Charlie's original message but from the tenor of the replies here
> I gather nobody saw my message? But I just checked gmane and it's there, so
> I'm not sure any more: did anybody see it? Here's the message body again just
> in case:
>
> Charles <millarc@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> I have searched the news groups concerning this and found nothing.
>>
>> I am attempting to learn the advance features for tables and could not
>> understand 29.7 as the result for $at=vmean(@-II..@-I);%.1f.
>>
>> I copied the table and formulas into a scratch org file, changed the
>> floating point to .2f and the result was 25.00, which I believe is
>> correct. I changed it back to .1f and 25.0 was the result.
>>
>> Is the result as given in the manual supposed to demonstrate some
>> concept that is not evident to me?
>>
> Good one.
>
> It *may* have been intended to illustrate the difference between rows
> marked with # and unmarked rows; e.g. if you go back and change a grade
> in Sam's row and press TAB, then the # rows are recalculated but the
> unmarked one is not. So the 29.7 might have been a (now incorrect)
> remnant of a previous calculation that would have been corrected in the
> next global recalculation.
>
> However, if that's the case, a more extensive explanation would
> certainly be welcome.
>
> Nick
>
>
>
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>
Nick,
I did read your reply. I thought you were suggesting the reason why the
error occurred (which makes a lot of sense) and you were inviting
further explanation from whoever drafted that section of the manual.
As to submitting a patch - Thank you but I have to pass, even for such a
tinychange. Downloading, installing and learning git is a project slated
for later this year.
Charlie
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* Re: Suggested change to Manual 3.5.9 example table
2012-07-12 1:32 ` Charles
@ 2012-08-02 15:41 ` Bastien
2012-08-02 17:44 ` Charles
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Bastien @ 2012-08-02 15:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Charles; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Hi Charles,
Charles <millarc@verizon.net> writes:
> As to submitting a patch - Thank you but I have to pass, even for such a
> tinychange. Downloading, installing and learning git is a project slated
> for later this year.
You don't have to learn git.
C-x C-f [/...]org.texi
C-x v v
RCS
[Make the change]
C-x v =
[Save the diff and send it to the list.]
If you don't plan to do it, please let us know, so that someone else
can send a patch.
Thanks,
--
Bastien
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* Re: Suggested change to Manual 3.5.9 example table
2012-08-02 15:41 ` Bastien
@ 2012-08-02 17:44 ` Charles
0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Charles @ 2012-08-02 17:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
On 8/2/2012 11:41 AM, Bastien wrote:
> Hi Charles,
>
> Charles <millarc@verizon.net> writes:
>
>> As to submitting a patch - Thank you but I have to pass, even for such a
>> tinychange. Downloading, installing and learning git is a project slated
>> for later this year.
> You don't have to learn git.
>
> C-x C-f [/...]org.texi
>
> C-x v v
>
> RCS
>
> [Make the change]
>
> C-x v =
>
> [Save the diff and send it to the list.]
>
> If you don't plan to do it, please let us know, so that someone else
> can send a patch.
>
> Thanks,
>
Bastien,
Thanks for the lesson. I'll give it a try.
Charlie
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* Re: Suggested change to Manual 3.5.9 example table
2012-07-11 14:11 Suggested change to Manual 3.5.9 example table Charles
2012-07-11 14:26 ` suvayu ali
@ 2012-07-11 15:30 ` Nick Dokos
1 sibling, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Nick Dokos @ 2012-07-11 15:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Charles; +Cc: emacs-orgmode Mode
Charles <millarc@verizon.net> wrote:
> I have searched the news groups concerning this and found nothing.
>
> I am attempting to learn the advance features for tables and could not
> understand 29.7 as the result for $at=vmean(@-II..@-I);%.1f.
>
> I copied the table and formulas into a scratch org file, changed the
> floating point to .2f and the result was 25.00, which I believe is
> correct. I changed it back to .1f and 25.0 was the result.
>
> Is the result as given in the manual supposed to demonstrate some
> concept that is not evident to me?
>
Good one.
It *may* have been intended to illustrate the difference between rows
marked with # and unmarked rows; e.g. if you go back and change a grade
in Sam's row and press TAB, then the # rows are recalculated but the
unmarked one is not. So the 29.7 might have been a (now incorrect)
remnant of a previous calculation that would have been corrected in the
next global recalculation.
However, if that's the case, a more extensive explanation would
certainly be welcome.
Nick
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