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From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
Subject: Re: error in tableformula or bug
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:24:27 -0400
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Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> On 24.3.2011, at 10:46, Martin Halder wrote:
> 
> > Hi again,
> > 
> > have traced it down to the following commit which introduces the problem (thanks to bisect):
> > [3dd474575205d3808390fc6ea2d5feccdb3d4305] Tables:  Make @< and $< point to row/column 1 in a stable way
> > 
> > Was there a change in the format or is it really a bug ?
> > 
> > Thanks for help,
> > Martin
> > 
> >> found some strange behavior which was working before as far as I remember.. I am on commit 078c01b.
> >> 
> >> this is working correctly:
> >> | 10 |
> >> | 10 |
> >> | 20 |
> >> |----|
> >> | 40 |
> >> #+TBLFM: @>$1=vsum(@1..@3)
> >> 
> >> this one with relative indexing (@>-1) not: (value is changing every time the formula is applied: 37, 73, 109 (+36 every time)
> >> | 10 |
> >> | 10 |
> >> | 20 |
> >> |----|
> >> | 37 |
> >> #+TBLFM: @>$1=vsum(@1..@>-1)
> 
> @>-1 was allowed only for a short time, this format is flawed.
> Please use @>> instead to mean the second to last row.
> 

I think he wants the penultimate line, not the second line.

Nick