* wrap long table formula
@ 2011-10-31 14:01 henry atting
2011-10-31 14:05 ` Carsten Dominik
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From: henry atting @ 2011-10-31 14:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
I have a table with 3 columns and 13 rows. Each field of the 3rd
column calculates the average of the preceding rows of the 2nd column.
For this I wrote formulas for 11 of 13 rows which results in a very
long line.
How can I wrap this line?
henry
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* Re: wrap long table formula
2011-10-31 14:01 wrap long table formula henry atting
@ 2011-10-31 14:05 ` Carsten Dominik
2011-10-31 14:21 ` henry atting
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From: Carsten Dominik @ 2011-10-31 14:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: henry atting; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
On Oct 31, 2011, at 3:01 PM, henry atting wrote:
> I have a table with 3 columns and 13 rows. Each field of the 3rd
> column calculates the average of the preceding rows of the 2nd column.
> For this I wrote formulas for 11 of 13 rows which results in a very
> long line.
> How can I wrap this line?
You don't.
You can use the equation editor to have a more convenient way to edit the equations.
- Carsten
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* Re: wrap long table formula
2011-10-31 14:05 ` Carsten Dominik
@ 2011-10-31 14:21 ` henry atting
2011-10-31 18:10 ` Samuel Wales
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From: henry atting @ 2011-10-31 14:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Carsten Dominik; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:
> On Oct 31, 2011, at 3:01 PM, henry atting wrote:
>
>> I have a table with 3 columns and 13 rows. Each field of the 3rd
>> column calculates the average of the preceding rows of the 2nd column.
>> For this I wrote formulas for 11 of 13 rows which results in a very
>> long line.
>> How can I wrap this line?
>
> You don't.
>
> You can use the equation editor to have a more convenient way to edit the equations.
>
> - Carsten
>
This is great; I did not know the formula editor yet. Thanks.
henry
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* Re: wrap long table formula
2011-10-31 14:21 ` henry atting
@ 2011-10-31 18:10 ` Samuel Wales
2011-10-31 19:12 ` Carsten Dominik
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From: Samuel Wales @ 2011-10-31 18:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: henry atting; +Cc: emacs-orgmode, Carsten Dominik
Would a column formula work?
Samuel
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* Re: wrap long table formula
2011-10-31 18:10 ` Samuel Wales
@ 2011-10-31 19:12 ` Carsten Dominik
2011-11-01 7:17 ` henry atting
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From: Carsten Dominik @ 2011-10-31 19:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Samuel Wales; +Cc: henry atting, emacs-orgmode
On 31.10.2011, at 19:10, Samuel Wales wrote:
> Would a column formula work?
Good idea! Quite likely it would.
- Carsten
>
> Samuel
>
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* Re: wrap long table formula
2011-10-31 19:12 ` Carsten Dominik
@ 2011-11-01 7:17 ` henry atting
2011-11-01 7:29 ` Christian Moe
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From: henry atting @ 2011-11-01 7:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Carsten Dominik; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:
> On 31.10.2011, at 19:10, Samuel Wales wrote:
>
>> Would a column formula work?
>
> Good idea! Quite likely it would.
>
> - Carsten
>
>>
>> Samuel
>>
>> --
>> The Kafka Pandemic: http://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com
>> ===
>> Bigotry against people with serious diseases is still bigotry.
I was thinking of a column formula but have no clue if it's
possible and if so, how.
In this short example the formula's length is no problem but for a
table with 12 rows or more it certainly is; -- and currently it's the
only way I can realize it.
| | |
|---+---|
| 2 | |
| 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 5 |
#+TBLFM: @3$2=vmean(@2$1..@3$1::@4$2=vmean(@2$1..@4$1
henry
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* Re: wrap long table formula
2011-11-01 7:17 ` henry atting
@ 2011-11-01 7:29 ` Christian Moe
2011-11-01 14:40 ` Nick Dokos
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From: Christian Moe @ 2011-11-01 7:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: henry atting; +Cc: emacs-orgmode, Carsten Dominik
On 11/1/11 8:17 AM, henry atting wrote:
> I was thinking of a column formula but have no clue if it's
> possible and if so, how.
>
> In this short example the formula's length is no problem but for a
> table with 12 rows or more it certainly is; -- and currently it's the
> only way I can realize it.
>
> | | |
> |---+---|
> | 2 | |
> | 6 | 4 |
> | 7 | 5 |
> #+TBLFM: @3$2=vmean(@2$1..@3$1::@4$2=vmean(@2$1..@4$1
| | |
|---+-----|
| 2 | |
| 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 5 |
| 3 | 4.5 |
| 9 | 5.4 |
#+TBLFM: @3$2..@>$2=vmean(@2$1..@0$1)
hth,
Christian
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* Re: wrap long table formula
2011-11-01 7:29 ` Christian Moe
@ 2011-11-01 14:40 ` Nick Dokos
2011-11-01 18:53 ` henry atting
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From: Nick Dokos @ 2011-11-01 14:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mail; +Cc: henry atting, nicholas.dokos, emacs-orgmode, Carsten Dominik
Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com> wrote:
> On 11/1/11 8:17 AM, henry atting wrote:
>
> > I was thinking of a column formula but have no clue if it's
> > possible and if so, how.
> >
> > In this short example the formula's length is no problem but for a
> > table with 12 rows or more it certainly is; -- and currently it's the
> > only way I can realize it.
> >
> > | | |
> > |---+---|
> > | 2 | |
> > | 6 | 4 |
> > | 7 | 5 |
> > #+TBLFM: @3$2=vmean(@2$1..@3$1::@4$2=vmean(@2$1..@4$1
>
>
> | | |
> |---+-----|
> | 2 | |
> | 6 | 4 |
> | 7 | 5 |
> | 3 | 4.5 |
> | 9 | 5.4 |
> #+TBLFM: @3$2..@>$2=vmean(@2$1..@0$1)
>
Another common way to deal with an exceptional cell is to use a field
formula for the exceptional cell and a column formula for the rest:
field formulas take precedence:
#+TBLFM: @2$2 = string("") :: $2 = vmean(@2$1..@0$2)
Nick
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2011-11-01 14:40 ` Nick Dokos
@ 2011-11-01 18:53 ` henry atting
2011-11-01 19:13 ` Nick Dokos
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From: henry atting @ 2011-11-01 18:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: nicholas.dokos; +Cc: henry atting, emacs-orgmode, mail, Carsten Dominik
Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:
> Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com> wrote:
>
>> On 11/1/11 8:17 AM, henry atting wrote:
>>
>> > I was thinking of a column formula but have no clue if it's
>> > possible and if so, how.
>> >
>> > In this short example the formula's length is no problem but for a
>> > table with 12 rows or more it certainly is; -- and currently it's the
>> > only way I can realize it.
>> >
>> > | | |
>> > |---+---|
>> > | 2 | |
>> > | 6 | 4 |
>> > | 7 | 5 |
>> > #+TBLFM: @3$2=vmean(@2$1..@3$1::@4$2=vmean(@2$1..@4$1
>>
>>
>> | | |
>> |---+-----|
>> | 2 | |
>> | 6 | 4 |
>> | 7 | 5 |
>> | 3 | 4.5 |
>> | 9 | 5.4 |
>> #+TBLFM: @3$2..@>$2=vmean(@2$1..@0$1)
>>
>
> Another common way to deal with an exceptional cell is to use a field
> formula for the exceptional cell and a column formula for the rest:
> field formulas take precedence:
>
> #+TBLFM: @2$2 = string("") :: $2 = vmean(@2$1..@0$2)
>
> Nick
Thanks again to all, both solutions are working fine; I could get rid of my
tapeworm formula.
Is there a place where these advanced features are explained more thoroughly?
henry
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2011-11-01 18:53 ` henry atting
@ 2011-11-01 19:13 ` Nick Dokos
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From: Nick Dokos @ 2011-11-01 19:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: henry atting; +Cc: nicholas.dokos, emacs-orgmode, mail, Carsten Dominik
henry atting <nsmp_02@online.de> wrote:
> Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:
>
> > Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com> wrote:
> >
> >> | | |
> >> |---+-----|
> >> | 2 | |
> >> | 6 | 4 |
> >> | 7 | 5 |
> >> | 3 | 4.5 |
> >> | 9 | 5.4 |
> >> #+TBLFM: @3$2..@>$2=vmean(@2$1..@0$1)
> >>
> >
> > Another common way to deal with an exceptional cell is to use a field
> > formula for the exceptional cell and a column formula for the rest:
> > field formulas take precedence:
> >
> > #+TBLFM: @2$2 = string("") :: $2 = vmean(@2$1..@0$2)
> >
> Thanks again to all, both solutions are working fine; I could get rid of my
> tapeworm formula.
>
> Is there a place where these advanced features are explained more thoroughly?
>
All of this is contained in
(info "(org) The spreadsheet")
but sometimes you have to read the section a few times (and refer back
to it a few more times): in particular
(info "(org) References")
and
(info "(org) Field and range formulas")
deserve repeated reading.
(info "(org) Column formulas")
describes the field formula trick.
The whole spreadsheet section of the manual could benefit from a list of
well chosen examples (perhaps on Worg, with a pointer from the manual).
But afaict, everything is in the manual.
Nick
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