From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
To: Charles <millarc@verizon.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Suggested change to Manual 3.5.9 example table
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:30:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <11334.1342020653@alphaville> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Charles <millarc@verizon.net> of "Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:11:57 EDT." <4FFD89AD.1030707@verizon.net>
Charles <millarc@verizon.net> wrote:
> I have searched the news groups concerning this and found nothing.
>
> I am attempting to learn the advance features for tables and could not
> understand 29.7 as the result for $at=vmean(@-II..@-I);%.1f.
>
> I copied the table and formulas into a scratch org file, changed the
> floating point to .2f and the result was 25.00, which I believe is
> correct. I changed it back to .1f and 25.0 was the result.
>
> Is the result as given in the manual supposed to demonstrate some
> concept that is not evident to me?
>
Good one.
It *may* have been intended to illustrate the difference between rows
marked with # and unmarked rows; e.g. if you go back and change a grade
in Sam's row and press TAB, then the # rows are recalculated but the
unmarked one is not. So the 29.7 might have been a (now incorrect)
remnant of a previous calculation that would have been corrected in the
next global recalculation.
However, if that's the case, a more extensive explanation would
certainly be welcome.
Nick
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-11 15:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-11 14:11 Suggested change to Manual 3.5.9 example table Charles
2012-07-11 14:26 ` suvayu ali
2012-07-11 22:23 ` Charles
2012-07-11 22:38 ` suvayu ali
2012-07-11 22:46 ` Nick Dokos
2012-07-12 1:32 ` Charles
2012-08-02 15:41 ` Bastien
2012-08-02 17:44 ` Charles
2012-07-11 15:30 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
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