Thanks, John. That clarification really helps. On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 10:30 AM John Wiegley <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>> "RS" == Robert Shanley <[email protected]> writes: > > RS> journal.txt: > RS> = expr payee == "Joe" > RS> SetAside $100 > RS> MoreMoney -$100 > > RS> 2022/01/05 * Joe > RS> Stuff $600.00 > RS> Checking > > RS> ledger -f journal.txt balance : > > RS> $-600.00 Checking > RS> $-200.00 MoreMoney > RS> $200.00 SetAside > RS> $600.00 Stuff > > RS> What am I doing wrong? > > Your automated transaction expression is matching each posting within your > transaction, since they both have a payee of Joe. Imagine your file had > looked > like this: > > 2022/01/05 * Joe > Stuff $600.00 > > 2022/01/05 * Joe > Checking > > That's where the doubling is coming from. > > John > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/CAPmauXPtisSyqAvSXhnOzYQ%3DoA3MAAQPHpNVL8Z0G2DCwAx-6Q%40mail.gmail.com.
