Re: [O] How to put a Greek sigma into the spreadsheet?

[Marcin Borkowski]

Dnia 2013-06-03, o godz. 14:18:33
Michael Brand <address@hidden> napisał(a):

> Hi Marcin
> 
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Marcin Borkowski
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > basically the subject has it.  While :=string("asdf")
> > works, :=string("Σ") does not.  I suspect the reason is that this is
> > not an ASCII symbol.  Is there a way to get around this problem?
> 
> The function "string" of Calc does not support characters above 127,
> see towards the end of
> (info "(calc) Strings")
> or
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/calc/Strings.html
> 
> If I understand your example you can use just
> 
> | item | value |
> |------+-------|
> | a    |     1 |
> | b    |     2 |
> |------+-------|
> | ∑    |     3 |
> #+TBLFM: @>$2 = vsum(@I..@>>)

Well, I forgot to mention that the first column has a column formula
(something like address@hidden, so that I get row numbering).  I should
probably use a range formula instead.

> 
> or
> 
> | item | value |
> |------+-------|
> | a    |     1 |
> | b    |     2 |
> |------+-------|
> |      | ∑ = 3 |
> #+TBLFM: @>$2 = vsum(@I..@>>); ∑ = %d

That's interesting, thanks!

> 
> Michael

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University