Thank you. You have been very helpful. It is much appreciated. Now to go read the docs again.
Oliver On Friday, May 17, 2024 at 7:29:22 PM UTC-4 Robin H. Johnson wrote: > On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 06:55:12AM -0700, oliver wrote: > > I am afraid you are crediting me with more intelligence than I actually > > have. > > I find balance assertion to be very difficult to understand and the few > > lines in the docs don't make it > > any easier. > > Follwoing your example, I enter: > > > > 2024/04/08 * Balance Assertion:Ally_Savings > > Assets:Ally_Savings $0.00 = $47.19 > > ($47.19 being the ending balance in the account as of April 8). > > > > In return I get: > > Warning: "home/oliver/ledger.dat", line 1003: Unknown account > > 'Assets:Ally_Savings $0.00 = $47.19' > > > > Obviously, I am doing something wrong, but what? > You need more whitespace. > - An account name on the entry line must be prefixed with at least one > space. > - An account name must end with two or more spaces, or one or more tabs. > > Per the docs: > | There must be at least two spaces, or a tab, between the amount and the > | account. If you do not have adequate separation between the amount and > the > | account Ledger will give an error and stop calculating. > > So easy fix for you: > 2024/04/08 * Balance Assertion:Ally_Savings > Assets:Ally_Savings $0.00 = $47.19 > > -- > Robin Hugh Johnson > Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation President & Treasurer > E-Mail : [email protected] > GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85 > GnuPG FP : 7D0B3CEB E9B85B1F 825BCECF EE05E6F6 A48F6136 > -- --- 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/595a747e-bba8-4359-b32b-7ecbb1c1490an%40googlegroups.com.
