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From: Michael Brand <michael.ch.brand@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: org-spreadsheet: formatting chops off units
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 07:15:33 +0200
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To: Kyle Andrews <kyle.c.andrews@gmail.com>
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Hi Kyle

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Kyle Andrews <kyle.c.andrews@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?

Org spreadsheet gives access to the format of calc, use
#+TBLFM: $2=uconvert($1, lb);f-2
or less recommended the format of Org spreadsheet with a text
#+TBLFM: $2=uconvert($1, lb);%.2f lb

Michael