From: Kyle Andrews <kyle.c.andrews@gmail.com>
To: Emacs orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: org-spreadsheet: formatting chops off units
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 17:46:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAG3md+t--GqAbA9ZONCReyrYkB1OR86ztqKWu97G7LEy4QobGA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Hello everyone,
I want to use an org-spreadsheet to perform unit conversions for me.
| Mass (g) | Mass (lb) |
|----------+---------------|
| 300 g | 0.66138679 lb |
| 23 kg | 50.706320 lb |
| 50 Mg | 110231.13 lb |
#+TBLFM: $2=uconvert($1, lb)
I made the table above, but can't figure out how to format the output. I
tried using the ;%.2f notation shown in the manual, but it cuts the
units off for some reason.
Here is what org-table displays with ;%.2f appended onto my table
formula:
| Mass (g) | Mass (lb) |
|----------+---------------|
| 300 g | 0.66 |
| 23 kg | 50.71 |
| 50 Mg | 110231.13 |
#+TBLFM: $2=uconvert($1, lb);%.2f
Here is what I wish appending ;%.2f would cause org-table to display:
| Mass (g) | Mass (lb) |
|----------+---------------|
| 300 g | 0.66 lb |
| 23 kg | 50.71 lb |
| 50 Mg | 110231.13 lb |
#+TBLFM: $2=uconvert($1, lb);%.2f
If you type in '0.66138679 lb into calc directly, and press d f 2, calc
displays 0.66 lb as desired. Is there any reason for the %.2f notation
chops off the units? Is there some better way to accomplish what I
want?
Thanks!
Note: my spreadsheet uses the wrapper function below to convert units with calc.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defmath uconvert (expression new-units)
(math-convert-units expression new-units)))
#+end_src
--
Kyle C. Andrews
kyle.c.andrews@gmail.com
next reply other threads:[~2012-09-05 21:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-05 21:46 Kyle Andrews [this message]
2012-09-06 3:08 ` org-spreadsheet: formatting chops off units Nick Dokos
2012-09-06 5:15 ` Michael Brand
2012-09-07 17:28 ` Michael Brand
2012-09-12 7:51 ` Bastien
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