Roam Research Docs · Help & user documentation

Calculator

• Calculates basic arithmetic.
  • {{calc: 4 + 5 }}
    • {{calc: 4 + 5}}
• If a block reference is used an argument, it will search for a number in that block and use that – e.g.
  • three in “My 3 apples” or
  • five in "his 5 amazon stocks"
  • {{calc: ((block)) + ((block)) * 2 }}
    • {{calc: three in “My 3 apples” or + five in "his 5 amazon stocks" * 2}}

Community Videos::

Roam Research: Using the Calculator - Les Kristofs

• {{video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxWykFHUtNo}}

Roam Team Videos::

• https://twitter.com/i/status/1209449973902802944

markdown version · view in Roam Research · exported 2026-07-03