From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Table rows and ranges as LHS of formulas Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 18:31:38 +0100 Message-ID: References: <5A22097F-A1F9-480E-B2E5-030CD6493B2F@gmail.com> <4D6E6C4C.4090709@christianmoe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1078) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54341 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Puptt-0005jo-Dk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:31:50 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pupts-00010O-1i for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:31:49 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:54283) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Puptr-00010I-SI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:31:48 -0500 Received: by ewy10 with SMTP id 10so86396ewy.0 for ; Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:31:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D6E6C4C.4090709@christianmoe.com> 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: mail@christianmoe.com Cc: emacs-orgmode List Hi Christian, thanks for the great example! I guess this is really something Org has = over other spreadsheets. No copy-and-paste-with-modification, just a = single formula. - Carsten On 2.3.2011, at 17:11, Christian Moe wrote: > Hi, >=20 > 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. >=20 > Testing... So now we can simply do e.g.: >=20 > #+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=3D@1*$1 >=20 > C-c C-c...and hey presto: >=20 > #+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=3D@1*$1 >=20 >=20 > Yours, > Christian >=20 > On 3/1/11 3:28 PM, Carsten Dominik wrote: >> Hi everyone, >>=20 >> 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 >>=20 >> @3=3D >> @2$2..@5$7=3D >> @I$2..@II$4=3D >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> Note that in contrast to column formulas, @3=3D 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: >>=20 >> @3$2..@3$8=3D.... >>=20 >> Testing is welcome, but I am confident that this works >> pretty well. >>=20 >> Bastien, please let me know if you want to have this integrated >> before the release, then I will do so. >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >=20