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From: Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@iki.fi>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Org table: emphasizing calculated cell
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2021 07:33:38 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bl5itcgt.fsf@iki.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87bl5ihcqg.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com

Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:

> Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@iki.fi> writes:
>> This solution seems to change the contents of a cell, not only its
>> formatting. So the following, where I try to increase the value of "C"
>> by one, leads to an error:
>>
>> ```
>> | quantity | value  |
>> |----------+--------|
>> | A        | 1      |
>> | B        | 3      |
>> |----------+--------|
>> | *C*      | *0.33* |
>> | D        | #ERROR |
>>
>> #+TBLFM: @4$2=@-2/@-1; *%.2f*::@5$2=@-1+1
>> ```
>>
>> I wonder if there is a way around this effect?
>
> The error here is that `*0.33*' is no longer a string that can be
> converted to a number, so the calculator barfs.

Yes, that is obvious. The underlying question is whether it is possible
to cleanly separate presentation from contents. Here they are mixed.

All the best,

Jarmo



      parent reply	other threads:[~2021-08-28  4:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-26  5:47 Org table: emphasizing calculated cell Jarmo Hurri
2021-08-26  7:51 ` Norwid Behrnd
2021-08-27  4:07   ` Jarmo Hurri
2021-08-27  8:12     ` Norwid Behrnd
2021-08-28  4:42       ` Jarmo Hurri
2021-08-27 20:08     ` Nick Dokos
2021-08-27 22:05       ` Samuel Wales
2021-08-28  4:33       ` Jarmo Hurri [this message]

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