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GeekyGal · 09-28-2011, 12:36 PM

Kindly Calibre Gurus:

Is there a relatively easy way to sum a custom column "Price" which has floating point numbers as its format? If so, where does the result display? If I want to get really fancy, can I sum column Price and column Shopping List to see how much the projected total would be? I'm not good at regex, so simplified instructions would be most appreciated.

FWIW, I'm running Calibre 8.20 on a Mac OS 10.7 and on a Win 7 64 bit PC, though I would think that this would work the same way for both.

This seems like something which has probably been asked and answered, and most likely in the Manual. If so, I'm missing it. If it has been answered here before, I'm not searching correctly. Sorry. I did try to do my homework. Thank you so much.

GeekyGal (feeling most un-geeky today)

09-28-2011, 12:36 PM	#1
GeekyGal Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 13888 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle FireHD, Kindle3G, iPad, MacBook, iRex Illiad (ret)	Can I generate sum of column or columns? Kindly Calibre Gurus: Is there a relatively easy way to sum a custom column "Price" which has floating point numbers as its format? If so, where does the result display? If I want to get really fancy, can I sum column Price and column Shopping List to see how much the projected total would be? I'm not good at regex, so simplified instructions would be most appreciated. FWIW, I'm running Calibre 8.20 on a Mac OS 10.7 and on a Win 7 64 bit PC, though I would think that this would work the same way for both. This seems like something which has probably been asked and answered, and most likely in the Manual. If so, I'm missing it. If it has been answered here before, I'm not searching correctly. Sorry. I did try to do my homework. Thank you so much. GeekyGal (feeling most un-geeky today)