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From: Guido Van Hoecke <guivho@gmail.com>
To: orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Using constants in columns
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:39:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEySM9HgqrYQha1s3DupmceLAvyvrqo8usRrHsdrOuftokvbaQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

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Hi,

Is there a way to use a constant directly in a table column?
I need to have a table where one of the columns can have one out of three
possible values and wanted to use constants for this.
From the following minimal example it appears that constants are only
possible in formulas, or am I missing something?

#+CONSTANTS: vat=1.21
| 12.34 | $vat | #ERROR | 14.9314 |
#+TBLFM: $3=$1*$2::$4=$1*$vat

Using the $vat constant directly from the content of column 3 produces an
error, using it from a formula works fine.

If this is the way it is, I'll have to write a formula for each row of the
column, that'd be a real pitty...

Please advise

TIA, Guido

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             reply	other threads:[~2015-10-16 12:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-10-16 12:39 Guido Van Hoecke [this message]
2015-10-16 13:48 ` Using constants in columns Eric S Fraga
2015-10-16 14:38   ` Guido Van Hoecke
2015-10-16 14:59     ` Eric S Fraga
2015-10-17 11:47       ` Guido Van Hoecke
2015-10-17 18:00         ` Michael Brand
2015-10-17 20:27           ` Guido Van Hoecke
2015-10-19  6:12             ` Eric S Fraga
2015-10-19  7:13               ` Guido Van Hoecke

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