* how to refer row's by name in a spreadsheet formula?
@ 2011-07-07 8:44 jiangzuoyan
2011-07-08 8:14 ` Bastien
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From: jiangzuoyan @ 2011-07-07 8:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-org
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Hi list,
Formulas reference in a long table are very easy corrupted by manually
inserting. so, I think, refer using name instead of num. is better.
but how to refer the rows by name?
For example,
|---+------+---------+--------+---------+------|
| ! | date | amount | item | account | note |
| | date | amount | item | account | note |
|---+------+---------+--------+---------+------|
| _ | | bamount | | | |
| | | 12 | lunch | pocket | |
| | | 59 | dinner | pocket | |
| ^ | | eamount | | | |
|---+------+---------+--------+---------+------|
| _ | | total | | | |
| # | | #ERROR | | | |
|---+------+---------+--------+---------+------|
#+TBLFM: $total=vsum($bamount..$eamount);%.2f
I'd expected $bamount..$eamount is the range of @II$amount..@III$amount, but
it's not. $bamount and $eamount are epxanded to the values too early.
Changsheng Jiang
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2011-07-07 8:44 how to refer row's by name in a spreadsheet formula? jiangzuoyan
@ 2011-07-08 8:14 ` Bastien
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From: Bastien @ 2011-07-08 8:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jiangzuoyan@gmail.com; +Cc: emacs-org
Hi Jiang,
"jiangzuoyan@gmail.com" <jiangzuoyan@gmail.com> writes:
> Formulas reference in a long table are very easy corrupted by
> manually inserting. so, I think, refer using name instead of num. is
> better.
>
> but how to refer the rows by name?
>
> For example,
>
> |---+------+---------+--------+---------+------|
> | ! | date | amount | item | account | note |
> | | date | amount | item | account | note |
> |---+------+---------+--------+---------+------|
> | _ | | bamount | | | |
> | | | 12 | lunch | pocket | |
> | | | 59 | dinner | pocket | |
> | ^ | | eamount | | | |
> |---+------+---------+--------+---------+------|
> | _ | | total | | | |
> | # | | #ERROR | | | |
> |---+------+---------+--------+---------+------|
> #+TBLFM: $total=vsum($bamount..$eamount);%.2f
>
> I'd expected $bamount..$eamount is the range of
> @II$amount..@III$amount, but it's not. $bamount and $eamount are
> epxanded to the values too early.
I see the problem you have.
To my understanding, field names like "bamount" and "eamount" refer to
the _value_ of the above/below field, not to the _position_. So when
the formula is computed, these names are replaced by values, not by
position -- hence the result you have.
I'm not sure this is by design.
Maybe Carsten can tell more, and/or have a look in this issue when he's
back.
Best,
--
Bastien
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