I'll have to re-read that when my head clears a bit. You could make a living as a flimflam artist with that patter.
On Aug 29, 2014, at 1:25 AM, Nicholas Parsons <[email protected]> wrote: > Phil, > It actually makes sense when you think about it. Say you have a cell in table > 2, say cell A1, which references a column in another table, say column 1 of > table 1. Now whether or not our cell A1 of table 2 uses absolute or relative > references, if you were to copy column 1 of table one, paste it in, say, > column 3 of table 1 and then delete the original column 1 of table 1, our > cell A1 of table 2 would now be pointing at the wrong data, because its still > pointing at column 1 of table 1. On the other hand, if we were to have > dragged column 1 of table one into some other position (e.g. column 3 > position) using the drag and drop method, Numbers is smart enough to work out > what's happening and update your formula in cell A1 of table 2 to point to > the new position, so now cell A1 of table 2 would reference column 3 of table > 1. So it's really something different altogether to absolute and relative > references. Put another way, absolute and relative references are relevant > when the cell containing the formula is being moved, but not when the formula > cell is staying put and the data cells are being moved. > > > On 9 Aug 2014, at 11:09 pm, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> how about that! That's strange and makes very little sense to me. It kind of >> undercuts the whole concept of relative and absolute addressing, and implies >> that numbers is correcting for the addressing depending on the method of >> moving involved. >> Oh well, good to know, thanks. >> >> On Aug 9, 2014, at 1:35 AM, Nicholas Parsons <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Phil, >>> >>> With respect, I think you're wrong. I experimented by creating the same >>> formula referencing the same data table, with one version using relative >>> references and a second version using absolute references. When I moved one >>> of the data columns with the mouse method, both formulas continued to >>> display the same and correct results. However, when I copied and pasted the >>> data column to the new location both formulas displayed formula errors. >>> >>> Maybe this depends on the types of formulas you're using. Why don't you >>> experiment and see. I'd be interested in hearing your results. The more I >>> know about Numbers the better for me. >>> >>> On 8 Aug 2014, at 11:14 pm, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Regardless of the method you used to move a column, the formulas contained >>>> there in will be affected. The addressing method holds whether you copy >>>> and paste the formula or whether you drag-and-drop it, or whether you use >>>> some other method. Regardless of how you move it, if there is relative or >>>> absolute addressing conflicts, the formula will be negatively affected. >>>> >>>> Sent from my IPhone >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
