From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Table rows and ranges as LHS of formulas Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:46:45 -0500 Message-ID: <87bp1tmpvu.fsf@norang.ca> References: <5A22097F-A1F9-480E-B2E5-030CD6493B2F@gmail.com> <4D6E6C4C.4090709@christianmoe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=37700 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PupCO-0002MY-1Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:46:53 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PupCM-0000MZ-KL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:46:51 -0500 Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.72]:12716) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PupCM-0000MR-HW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:46:50 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4D6E6C4C.4090709@christianmoe.com> (Christian Moe's message of "Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:11:56 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: Bastien , emacs-orgmode List , mail@christianmoe.com Hi Carsten, This is really cool! Thanks and Best Regards, Bernt Christian Moe writes: > Hi, > > Row formulas are great! I've missed this, but learned to work around > it, since I I just assumed that if you hadn't already done it, it was > not a reasonable thing to ask for. > > Testing... So now we can simply do e.g.: > > #+CAPTION: A multiplication table > | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | > |----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----| > | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | > | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | > | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | > | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | > | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | > | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | > | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | > | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | > | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | > | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | > #+TBLFM: @2$2..@11$11=@1*$1 > > C-c C-c...and hey presto: > > #+CAPTION: A multiplication table > | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | > |----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----| > | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | > | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | > | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 30 | > | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | > | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 50 | > | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 60 | > | 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 49 | 56 | 63 | 70 | > | 8 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 32 | 40 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 80 | > | 9 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 36 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 81 | 90 | > | 10 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 100 | > #+TBLFM: @2$2..@11$11=@1*$1 > > > Yours, > Christian > > On 3/1/11 3:28 PM, Carsten Dominik wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> A frequently requested feature for tables has been to >> be able to define row formulas in a way similar to column >> formulas. The patch below allows things like >> >> @3= >> @2$2..@5$7= >> @I$2..@II$4= >> >> as the left hand side for table formulas in order to >> write a formula that is valid for an entire column or >> for a rectangular section in a table. >> >> Note that in contrast to column formulas, @3= will not >> automatically skip a "header column" or field formulas in the >> same row. In fact, making both a range formula and a field >> point to the same field is forbidden and throws an error. >> So to have a formula apply to all but the first column, use >> something like this: >> >> @3$2..@3$8=.... >> >> Testing is welcome, but I am confident that this works >> pretty well. >> >> Bastien, please let me know if you want to have this integrated >> before the release, then I will do so. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode