On 04/22/2016 06:12 PM, Thierry Banel wrote:
> Le 22/04/2016 22:10, Charles Millar a écrit :
>>
>> On 04/22/2016 03:34 PM, Thierry Banel wrote:
>>> You can format the result as *2.0* with the *f1* modifier
>>> (or *f5* to get *2.00000* and so on)
>>>
>>> #+TBLFM: @>$1=vsum(@2..@>>)*;f1*
>>>
>> In the manual the decimal format %.2f, etc. is shown as an example 
>> but apparently the f2 format is not mentioned.
>>
>> Is the %.Xf format preferred or is either one OK?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Charlie Millar
>
> *%.2f* is handy for those who are used to *printf()* syntax (in the C 
> language).
> But Calc unlimited precision numbers are converted to double floats 
> before applying *%.2f*
> Whereas *f2* operates on Calc numbers without conversion.
Thank you, Thierry.