No, this achieves expressing multiple currencies in a single balance
statement, but does not achieve verification that only these currencies are
present.

- Harpreet "Eli" Sangha

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 7:58 PM, Martin Blais <[email protected]> wrote:

> Does this also verify that there aren't any other gremlins lying in that
> account?
> I think that was the desire for the "complete" balance check.
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 10:13 PM, ELI <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I did this:
>>
>> 2015/01/01 Balance
>>   Assets::Stock   0 = 3 AAPL
>>   Assets::Stock   0 = 5 GOOGL
>>   Assets::Stock   0 = 3 MSFT
>>   Assets::Cash    0 = 50.00 USD
>>   Assets::Cash    0 = 25.00 CHF
>>   Assets::Cash    0 = 15.00 EUR
>>
>>
>>
>> - Harpreet "Eli" Sangha
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 3:13 PM, John West <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I go about it like this:
>>>
>>> 2015/01/01 Balance
>>>   Assets::Stock   = 3 AAPL
>>> 2015/01/01 Balance
>>>   Assets::Stock   = 5 GOOGL
>>> 2015/01/01 Balance
>>>   Assets::Stock   = 3 MSFT
>>>
>>> And so on for Assets::Cash.
>>>
>>> It works for me, without complaints from Ledger.  I might be running my
>>> reports with different options, though.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Pascal Fleury <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I love the multiple currency/commodity that one can have in the
>>>> accounts. It let's me manage e.g. cash in USD, CHF and EUR, or my stock
>>>> portfolio with different stock tickers.
>>>>
>>>> When reconciling, though, I face an issues when I want to write a
>>>> balance assertion. Either I'd like to only assert the amount for one
>>>> currency/commodity, or all of them.
>>>>
>>>> I did not find a way to express multiple currencies in a balance
>>>> statement, and specifying only a single one will let ledger complain that
>>>> there is more in that account (which is correct). Ideally, something like
>>>>
>>>> 2015/01/01 Balance
>>>>     Assets::Stock   = (3 AAPL + 5 GOOGL + 3 MSFT)
>>>>     Assets::Cash    = (50.00 USD + 25.00 CHF + 15.00 EUR)
>>>>
>>>> Alas, this is no valid syntax. Is there a way to assert such balance
>>>> amounts ?
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>> --paf
>>>>
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