Re: org-table-sum

[Mark Janes]

I can reproduce this with org 9.3.1.  I imagine the decimal numbers
have precision problems when converted to binary floating point.

A simpler table to reproduce:

|              83.6 |
|                .1 |
|-------------------|
| 83.69999999999999 |


Kein Test <soetwasaberauch@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I found out about org-table-sum yesterday, but I quickly ran into a
> problem, where the result is not right.
>
> For example:
>
> | 171.00 |
> |   4.07 |
> |   4.44 |
> |   2.61 |
> |  12.21 |
> |   6.69 |
> |  19.72 |
> |  23.09 |
> |   6.23 |
> |  15.28 |
> | 250.00 |
> | 250.00 |
> | 250.00 |
> |  78.85 |
> |        |
>
> If point is at the last cell, org-table-sum evaluates to 1094.1899999999998.
>
> I did not find a way to reproduce this with other numbers, but the
> order seems to matter.
>
> Best wishes