From: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
To: "Tory S. Anderson" <torys.anderson@gmail.com>
Cc: orgmode list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Table Formula: Update column, then update value
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:30:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a9668c20.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87oaum6yvh.fsf@gmail.com> (Tory S. Anderson's message of "Thu, 11 Sep 2014 10:00:18 -0400")
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On Thursday, 11 Sep 2014 at 10:00, Tory S. Anderson wrote:
> I have a table that calculates daily cost and then sums the hours and
> the weekly cost. But I can't seem to get a formula that will do the
> former.
>
> | Date | Hours | Rate | Cost |
> |--------------+-------+------+------|
> | September 8 | 0.50 | 1 | 1. |
> | September 9 | 2.00 | 1 | 2. |
> | September 10 | 2.00 | 1 | 2. |
> | September 11 | 2.00 | 1 | 2. |
> | September 12 | 2.00 | 1 | 2. |
> |--------------+-------+------+------|
> | | 8.5 | | 399. |
> | ^ | hrs | | ttl |
>
> #+TBLFM: $hrs=vsum(@I..II)::$ttl=vsum(@I..II)
>
> Before the formula above works, I end up pasting the following line
> just below the last date (above the @II line):
>
> #+TBLFM: $4=vsum($2*$3)
>
> So, I have to copy-paste into the middle of my table, run the line,
> then cut the line back out of the table and run the lower line. I'm
> just sure there's a better way; it even seems like once upon a time I
> had something working. But is there a non-repetitive way to autofill
> the COST ($4) column between @I..II without wiping out everything
> else?
I am not sure what is the problem here. The above table works fine for
me with this TBLFM line:
#+TBLFM: $4=$3*$2::$hrs=vsum(@I..II)::$ttl=vsum(@I..II)
What is it you expect? Note, your September 8 entry for the cost is
wrong... but will get updated if you use this TBLFM line.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-11 14:00 Table Formula: Update column, then update value Tory S. Anderson
2014-09-11 14:30 ` Eric S Fraga [this message]
2014-09-11 14:50 ` Tory S. Anderson
2014-09-11 18:21 ` Eric S Fraga
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