Marcin Borkowski <mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl> writes: > Hello Orgers, > > I'd like Org to compute Fibonacci numbers for me (using a simplified > Binet formula, i.e., Fib(n)=round(phi^n)/sqrt(5)). Here's my > (unsuccessful) attempt: > > | n | Fib(n) | > |---+--------------------------| > | 1 | round(phi / 2.2360680) | > | 2 | round(phi^2 / 2.2360680) | > | 3 | round(phi^3 / 2.2360680) | > | 4 | round(phi^4 / 2.2360680) | > | 5 | round(phi^5 / 2.2360680) | > | 6 | round(phi^6 / 2.2360680) | > | 7 | round(phi^7 / 2.2360680) | > | 8 | round(phi^8 / 2.2360680) | > > #+TBLFM: @3$1..@>$1=1+@-1::@2$2..@>$2=round(phi^$1/sqrt(5)) > > I tried adding the line > > #+CONSTANTS: phi=1.61803398875 > to the file (and C-c C-c'd on it), but to no avail. > > What am I doing wrong?
References to constants need to be prefixed with a "$". So replacing the "phi" with "$phi" in the table formula should do what you want. Eric
