From: suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
To: Charles <millarc@verizon.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Suggested change to Manual 3.5.9 example table
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:26:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMXnza0Ti-xzL5LjK5D-6rZ8OVaKW-BN8dcrx0SZzf8QGaW9OQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FFD89AD.1030707@verizon.net>
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Charles <millarc@verizon.net> wrote:
> I have searched the news groups concerning this and found nothing.
>
> I am attempting to learn the advance features for tables and could not
> understand 29.7 as the result for $at=vmean(@-II..@-I);%.1f.
>
> I copied the table and formulas into a scratch org file, changed the
> floating point to .2f and the result was 25.00, which I believe is correct.
> I changed it back to .1f and 25.0 was the result.
>
> Is the result as given in the manual supposed to demonstrate some concept
> that is not evident to me?
>
It's a C-style format specifier. Take a look in the following link for
a more comprehensive description.
<http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdio/printf/>
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-11 14:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-11 14:11 Suggested change to Manual 3.5.9 example table Charles
2012-07-11 14:26 ` suvayu ali [this message]
2012-07-11 22:23 ` Charles
2012-07-11 22:38 ` suvayu ali
2012-07-11 22:46 ` Nick Dokos
2012-07-12 1:32 ` Charles
2012-08-02 15:41 ` Bastien
2012-08-02 17:44 ` Charles
2012-07-11 15:30 ` Nick Dokos
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