From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: About range references in the spreadsheet Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:20:40 +0100 Message-ID: <878v7g6vhz.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> References: <20130116232437.b04189ed2c42c927f16b8d1c@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36761) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tz3oS-00022w-Gg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 06:20:46 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tz3oO-0005lw-Oo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 06:20:44 -0500 Received: from mail-we0-x236.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c03::236]:40062) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tz3oO-0005lh-Hb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 06:20:40 -0500 Received: by mail-we0-f182.google.com with SMTP id t57so615401wey.13 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 03:20:39 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20130116232437.b04189ed2c42c927f16b8d1c@gmail.com> (Xue Fuqiao's message of "Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:24:37 +0800") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Xue Fuqiao Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Xue, Xue Fuqiao writes: > In (info "(org) References"), there is an example explaining the range > references: > > @-1$-2..@-1 3 numbers from the column to the left, 2 up to > current row > > What does `2 up to current row' mean? I don't understand. IIRC `@' > represents row, it should be `1 up to current row'. No. The whole sentence expands to this: This range takes 3 numbers: the first one from the column to the left (and the row above), the 2 others up to current row. I agree this might not be obvious but I don't have a better proposal. Maybe a native english speaker can help here. Best, -- Bastien