Hi Neil, Unfortunately, no - This code will print the number of rows in my table - it does not add a column to my table, with numbering starting at the first row under the headline.
I really like the example, where I can mess with the table using lisp though - thank you! --Nate On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 9:13 AM Neil Jerram <neiljer...@gmail.com> wrote: > Does this answer your question? > > #+NAME: tt > | num | ID | > |-----+----| > | 1 | A | > | 2 | B | > | 3 | C | > | 4 | | > | 5 | E | > > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var tt=tt > (length tt) > #+END_SRC > > #+RESULTS: > : 5 > > Best wishes, > Neil > > > On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 18:39, Nathan Neff <nathan.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I have a table like this: >> >> >> | ID | >> |----| >> | 2 | >> | 3 | >> >> and I want to know how many rows there are w/o the ID heading >> and w/o the horizontal separator. I found the >> org-table-toggle-coordinate-overlays >> which displays an overlay showing the row number: >> >> https://www.evernote.com/l/AOJvD5ty6RRIBYAcSWV-047CKCHT5NIAhl8 >> >> However, the heading is included in the row number (which makes sense). >> >> Is there a way to ignore lines above a heading (or mark a heading in some >> way? >> >> I found a way to add a seq. number by using Calc [1] but I was wondering >> if >> there's a way to tell the org-table-toggle-coordinate-overlays not to >> count the >> heading. >> >> Thanks, >> --Nate >> >> [1] >> >> >> | num | ID | >> |-----+----| >> | 1 | A | >> | 2 | B | >> | 3 | C | >> | 4 | | >> | 5 | E | >> #+TBLFM: $1=vlen(@I..0) >> >> >> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9267050/how-to-achieve-a-row-index-column-in-emacs-org-mode-using-a-calc-column-rule >> >> >>
