Hi Christoph On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 11:31 PM, Christoph LANGE <math.semantic....@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to make the following work (with Org 8.3.5): > > |---+----------+--------+---| > | | 13:13 | - | 1 | > | ^ | h | s | n | > |---+----------+--------+---| > | | 13:13:00 | #ERROR | 1 | > |---+----------+--------+---| > #+TBLFM: @3$2=$h;T::@3$3=$s::@3$4=$n > > I can give the field @1$2 the symbolic name $h, I can give the field > @1$4 the symbolic name $n, and I can successfully refer to both of them > in @3. > > However I didn't manage to refer to @1$3 using the symbolic name $s. > The reason must be the value "-". If I use an alphabetic string value, > it works. > > Any ideas? Or is this a bug? > > Thank you very much in advance, "-" is not a valid Calc expression. To copy literally one needs a Lisp formula: |---+----------+---+---| | | 13:13 | - | 1 | | ^ | h | s | n | |---+----------+---+---| | | 13:13:00 | - | 1 | |---+----------+---+---| #+TBLFM: @3$2 = $h; T :: @3$3 = '(identity "$s") :: @3$4 = $n Michael