Stocks, gains/losses, do I really have to calculate them by hand?

[Derek Atkins]

David Carlson <carlson.dl at sbcglobal.net> writes:

> On 4/23/2012 9:13 AM, John Ralls wrote:
>> On Apr 23, 2012, at 6:47 AM, Eric Morey wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 2012-04-23 at 15:07 +0200, Fredrik Persson wrote:
>>>> Can you explain what you mean when you say "gnucash will do calculations
>>>> for you in numeric fields"? 
>>> I'm sure he means that gnucash will, for example, fill the field with 10
>>> if you type 2*5 into the field, thus relieving you of having to do the
>>> calculation yourself (possibly with the aid of a separate calculator)
>>> and entering the result, 10, into the field.
>>>
>> Yup,, that's what I meant.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>>
>>
> Is that it?  Is there a way to use variables?

Only in the SX fields.  I'm not sure what it would mean to use a
variable in an "immediate-entry" field.

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