Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> wrote: > Viktor Rosenfeld <listuse...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to copy the values of a column in one table to another table > > in. If I understand the manual correctly, this should be possible with > > remote references. But I can't get it to work. In the example below, if > > I evaluate the table formula, column 2 of table "bar" is copied into > > column 3. > > > > Cheers, > > Viktor > > > > * Source table > > > > #+TBLNAME: foo > > | Query | Time | > > |-------+------| > > | 1 | 123 | > > | 2 | 234 | > > | 3 | 345 | > > > > * Reference table > > > > #+TBLNAME: bar > > | Query | Garbage | Old Time | > > |-------+---------+----------| > > | 1 | a | | > > | 2 | b | | > > | 3 | c | | > > #+TBLFM: $3=remote(foo,$2) > > > > The manual says: > > $3 = remote(FOO, @@#$2) copy column 2 from table FOO into > column 3 of the current table > > and that works. >
A quick look shows (modulo mistakes) that the difference is that the second form matches org-table-range-regexp, whereas the first one does not: I'm not sure if that changed recently and/or whether it's deliberate. Nick
