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* $LR syntax in tables
@ 2009-08-12 15:01 Andrew Stribblehill
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From: Andrew Stribblehill @ 2009-08-12 15:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

I'm afraid I can't quite wrap my head around this puzzle. I have a little table:

| Budget       |  640 | 640 |
| Some expense | -165 | 475 |
  #+TBLFM: $3=$LR3+$2

So col C is supposed to add the previous line's col C to the current
line's col B.

However, it seems that $LR3 is referring to the _subsequent_ line not
the previous one. Is there a bug or just my misunderstanding?

Thanks.

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* Re:  $LR syntax in tables
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@ 2009-08-12 16:21 ` Stephan Schmitt
  2009-08-12 16:39   ` Stephan Schmitt
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From: Stephan Schmitt @ 2009-08-12 16:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode, Andrew Stribblehill

Andrew wrote:
> I'm afraid I can't quite wrap my head around this puzzle. I have a little table:
> 
> | Budget       |  640 | 640 |
> | Some expense | -165 | 475 |
>   #+TBLFM: $3=$LR3+$2
> 
> So col C is supposed to add the previous line's col C to the current
> line's col B.
> 
> However, it seems that $LR3 is referring to the _subsequent_ line not
> the previous one. Is there a bug or just my misunderstanding?
> 
> Thanks.

Hi Andrew,

what you need is this:

|              |      |   0 |
| Budget       |  640 | 640 |
| Some expense | -165 | 475 |
#+TBLFM: $3=@-1+$2::@1$3=0

the LR-reference is for the last, that is, the bottom row.

You need the first row and the field formula for C1 in order to initialize the 
cumulative sum properly.

hth,
	Stephan

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* Re: $LR syntax in tables
  2009-08-12 16:21 ` $LR syntax in tables Stephan Schmitt
@ 2009-08-12 16:39   ` Stephan Schmitt
  2009-08-12 16:45     ` Stephan Schmitt
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Stephan Schmitt @ 2009-08-12 16:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode, Andrew Stribblehill


Stephan wrote:
> Andrew wrote:
>> I'm afraid I can't quite wrap my head around this puzzle. I have a 
>> little table:
>>
>> | Budget       |  640 | 640 |
>> | Some expense | -165 | 475 |
>>   #+TBLFM: $3=$LR3+$2
>>
>> So col C is supposed to add the previous line's col C to the current
>> line's col B.
>>
>> However, it seems that $LR3 is referring to the _subsequent_ line not
>> the previous one. Is there a bug or just my misunderstanding?
>>
>> Thanks.
> 
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> what you need is this:
> 
> |              |      |   0 |
> | Budget       |  640 | 640 |
> | Some expense | -165 | 475 |
> #+TBLFM: $3=@-1+$2::@1$3=0
> 
> the LR-reference is for the last, that is, the bottom row.
> 
> You need the first row and the field formula for C1 in order to 
> initialize the cumulative sum properly.
> 
> hth,
>     Stephan
> 

p.s.
another solution would be:

| Budget       |  640 |  640 |
| Some expense | -165 | -165 |
#+TBLFM: $3=@-1+$2::@1$3=@1$2

Greetings,
	Stephan

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* Re: $LR syntax in tables
  2009-08-12 16:39   ` Stephan Schmitt
@ 2009-08-12 16:45     ` Stephan Schmitt
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Stephan Schmitt @ 2009-08-12 16:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode, Andrew Stribblehill


Stephan wrote:
> 
> Stephan wrote:
>> Andrew wrote:
>>> I'm afraid I can't quite wrap my head around this puzzle. I have a 
>>> little table:
>>>
>>> | Budget       |  640 | 640 |
>>> | Some expense | -165 | 475 |
>>>   #+TBLFM: $3=$LR3+$2
>>>
>>> So col C is supposed to add the previous line's col C to the current
>>> line's col B.
>>>
>>> However, it seems that $LR3 is referring to the _subsequent_ line not
>>> the previous one. Is there a bug or just my misunderstanding?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> what you need is this:
>>
>> |              |      |   0 |
>> | Budget       |  640 | 640 |
>> | Some expense | -165 | 475 |
>> #+TBLFM: $3=@-1+$2::@1$3=0
>>
>> the LR-reference is for the last, that is, the bottom row.
>>
>> You need the first row and the field formula for C1 in order to 
>> initialize the cumulative sum properly.
>>
>> hth,
>>     Stephan
>>
> 
> p.s.
> another solution would be:
> 
> | Budget       |  640 |  640 |
> | Some expense | -165 | -165 |
> #+TBLFM: $3=@-1+$2::@1$3=@1$2
> 
> Greetings,
>     Stephan
> 

p.p.s.
forgot to say: you must evaluate the formulas twice (C-u C-u C-c C-*)

| Budget       |  640 | 640 |
| Some expense | -165 | 475 |
#+TBLFM: $3=@-1+$2::@1$3=@1$2

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