Newbie questions

[Nikos Charonitakis]

Hi all

I am a new user of ledger and here is my questions:

a) Is it possible to change the number format when entering transactions? Ledger uses , for thousands and . for decimal. Can we use (and how) them the opposite way: (.) for thousands and , for decimal?

b) My assets are mixed with stocks,bonds,and different currencies. When i use ledger to show balance  expressed in EUR, stocks and bonds are reported in quantity and not in their EUR value.

So the result of this command:

ledger -f file.ldg   -V  bal  Assets --X EUR

is something like that:

100
550EUR Assets

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> "NC" == Nikos Charonitakis <nik...@gmail.com> writes:

NC> a) Is it possible to change the number format when entering transactions?
NC> Ledger uses , for thousands and . for decimal. Can we use (and how) them
NC> the opposite way: (.) for thousands and , for decimal?

Ledger uses whatever it sees you use.

NC> b) My assets are mixed with stocks,bonds,and different currencies. When i
NC> use ledger to show balance  expressed in EUR, stocks and bonds are
NC> reported in quantity and not in their EUR value.

NC> So the result of this command:

NC> ledger -f file.ldg   -V  bal  Assets --X EUR

NC> is something like that:

NC> 100
NC> 550EUR Assets

This is because it doesn't know price of that item in EUR...

John

[Nikos Charonitakis]

Thanks for your answers John.

I ll try to see what is wrong with my file because i set stock prices with eg @ EUR 20 when i first recorded (opening balance) my assets, and after your reply i set at the end of my file

P 7/5/2020 STOCK_NAME EUR 20 but even this does not change behaviour and ledger instists reporting stock quantity and no value.

Regards

Nikos

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> "NC" == Nikos Charonitakis <nik...@gmail.com> writes:

NC> I ll try to see what is wrong with my file because i set stock prices with
NC> eg @ EUR 20 when i first recorded (opening balance) my assets, and after
NC> your reply i set at the end of my file P 7/5/2020 STOCK_NAME EUR 20 but
NC> even this does not change behaviour and ledger instists reporting stock
NC> quantity and no value.

That is indeed odd!

John

[Martin Michlmayr]

* Nikos Charonitakis <nik...@gmail.com> [2020-05-07 09:10]:

> I am a new user of ledger and here is my questions:
> a) Is it possible to change the number format when entering transactions?
> Ledger uses , for thousands and . for decimal. Can we use (and how) them
> the opposite way: (.) for thousands and , for decimal?

Use the --decimal-comma option.

--
Martin Michlmayr
https://www.cyrius.com/

[Martin Michlmayr]

* Nikos Charonitakis <nik...@gmail.com> [2020-05-07 21:12]:

> I ll try to see what is wrong with my file because i set stock prices with
> eg @ EUR 20 when i first recorded (opening balance) my assets, and after
> your reply i set at the end of my file
> P 7/5/2020 STOCK_NAME EUR 20 but even this does not change behaviour and
> ledger instists reporting stock quantity and no value.

Can you post a small testcase?

[Nikos Charonitakis]

thanks, problem solved:

Assets:Stocks:stockname  stockname 200 @ EUR 20

i was writing previously:

Assets:stocks:stockname      200 @ EUR 20