Re: how to add a range of columns

[Uwe Brauer]

>>> "ESF" == Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Friday,  2 Jul 2021 at 11:23, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>> No I only want to add the parts of column $1 and $2 that are between the
>> two hlines

> Okay; problem 1 is that org formulas are not really vector based: a
> range on the left hand side says that each element in the range will be
> assigned the outcome of the right hand side so the right hand side
> should not be a vector.

>> (I wanted to use hline @I and @II and not the explict row
>> numbers, since this is more convenient. But it does to work with
>> explicit row numbers 

> Yes, you cannot use @I etc. in the range definition for the target.

> I can think of 2 options.  First, you can use relative addressing, i.e.:

> #+TBLFM: @<<$3..@>>$3=$1+$2

> where @<< means the second row and @>> the second last row.

Thanks, that was helpful

> Alternatively, you can introduce a new column at the start and use the
> "Advanced Features" of the spreadsheet described in the info manual
> section

> (org) Advanced features

> which will allow you to specify which rows should be evaluated (see the
> * option).

I will have a look thanks (I already thought about commenting out
unwanted rows, but that looked ugly).

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