Uwe Brauer <o...@mat.ucm.es> writes: > In my current setting, the following works > > | 3.5 | 4.2 | 7.7 | > #+TBLFM: $3=$1+$2 > > Now if I want to switch to the convention used in Germany (that might be > relevant if I want to export it later to csv, but this is a different > topic) does work in a strange way, any comments? I would expect > > | 3,5 | 4,2 | (7, 7) | > #+TBLFM: $3=$1+$2 > > > | 3,5 | 4,2 | 7,7 | > #+TBLFM: $3=$1+$2
Org tables use Emacs' calc under the hood by default. AFAIK, calc is unable to use "," as decimal point because it is reserved as a vector separator. Which is why you got the vector addition in your example. Best, Ihor