Paul Stansell <paulstans...@gmail.com> writes: > On this page https://orgmode.org/manual/Advanced-features.html > it says > - '!' :: The fields in this line define names for the columns, so that > you may refer to a column as '$Tot' instead of '$6'. > > However, when I experimented with this I found that the first of the > following two tables works (i.e. the empty cells are filled in > correctly), but the second doesn't (the only difference is the > replacement of $4 with $c3 in the second table): > ... > Is this a bug?
In the earlier section https://orgmode.org/manual/Column-formulas.html, we do explain this caveat: "The left-hand side of a column formula can not be the name of column, it must be the numeric column reference or ‘$>’." Thus, I see no reason to amend the manual. (And I hope that we will remove this restriction after https://list.orgmode.org/877cqwbpa2....@runbox.com is merged) -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
