From: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
To: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: About range references in the spreadsheet
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:20:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878v7g6vhz.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130116232437.b04189ed2c42c927f16b8d1c@gmail.com> (Xue Fuqiao's message of "Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:24:37 +0800")
Hi Xue,
Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> writes:
> In (info "(org) References"), there is an example explaining the range
> references:
>
> @-1$-2..@-1 3 numbers from the column to the left, 2 up to
> current row
>
> What does `2 up to current row' mean? I don't understand. IIRC `@'
> represents row, it should be `1 up to current row'.
No. The whole sentence expands to this:
This range takes 3 numbers: the first one from the column to the
left (and the row above), the 2 others up to current row.
I agree this might not be obvious but I don't have a better proposal.
Maybe a native english speaker can help here.
Best,
--
Bastien
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-26 11:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-16 15:24 About range references in the spreadsheet Xue Fuqiao
2013-01-26 11:20 ` Bastien [this message]
2013-01-26 23:55 ` Eric S Fraga
2013-01-27 14:35 ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2013-01-30 16:48 ` Bastien
2013-01-31 2:09 ` Eric S Fraga
2013-01-31 22:44 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2013-01-31 23:04 ` Nick Dokos
2013-02-01 0:11 ` Thomas S. Dye
2013-02-01 5:09 ` Nick Dokos
2013-02-07 8:13 ` Bastien
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