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To: Gabriel Peters <gabrielpeters1000@gmail.com>
Cc: Kene Meniru <kemeniru@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

"Gabriel Peters" <gabrielpeters1000@gmail.com> writes:

> The blank lines do also pose a problem in different approach, one which will
> make use of vector functions in calc. If you allow for no empty lines and one
> extra line toward the end of table, this also can do the computation.
>
> |   | Rank | names      | grade 1 | grade 2 | grade 3 | Total | Letter grade |
> |---+------+------------+---------+---------+---------+-------+--------------|
> | # |    1 | student 01 |   91.80 |   96.40 |   97.00 | 95.07 | A            |
> | # |    2 | student 03 |   92.00 |   95.14 |   97.00 | 94.71 | A            |
> | # |    3 | student 02 |   88.78 |   89.15 |   98.00 | 91.98 | A            |
> | # |    4 | student 04 |   84.00 |   74.62 |   88.00 | 82.21 | B            |
> |---+------+------------+---------+---------+---------+-------+--------------|
> #+TBLFM: $2=find(rsort(@I$7..@II$7),$7)::$7=($4+$5+$6)/3;%.2f::$8=if($7
> <60,F,if($7<70,D,if($7<80,C,if($7<90,B,A))))

Cool :) I learn something new everyday!  And this doesn't require that
you sort the entries first to get it right - so I like Gabriel's
solution better.

This way you are free to sort the table anyway you like and the data is
still correct.

-Bernt