docs: journal: Add paragraph about exact assignments
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				| @ -446,6 +446,8 @@ Balance assertions don't work well across files specified with multiple | |||||||
| -f options. Use include or [concatenate the | -f options. Use include or [concatenate the | ||||||
| files](/hledger.html#input-files) instead. | files](/hledger.html#input-files) instead. | ||||||
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|  | <a name="exact-assertions"></a> | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
| #### Assertions and commodities | #### Assertions and commodities | ||||||
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| The asserted balance must be a simple single-commodity amount, and in | The asserted balance must be a simple single-commodity amount, and in | ||||||
| @ -549,7 +551,7 @@ or when adjusting a balance to reality: | |||||||
| ``` {.journal} | ``` {.journal} | ||||||
| ; no cash left; update balance, record any untracked spending as a generic expense | ; no cash left; update balance, record any untracked spending as a generic expense | ||||||
| 2016/1/15 | 2016/1/15 | ||||||
|   assets:cash    = $0 |   assets:cash   == $0 | ||||||
|   expenses:misc |   expenses:misc | ||||||
| ``` | ``` | ||||||
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| @ -560,6 +562,12 @@ assignment). Note that using balance assignments makes your journal a | |||||||
| little less explicit; to know the exact amount posted, you have to run | little less explicit; to know the exact amount posted, you have to run | ||||||
| hledger or do the calculations yourself, instead of just reading it. | hledger or do the calculations yourself, instead of just reading it. | ||||||
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|  | Note that, just as with [exact balance assertions](#exact-assertions), | ||||||
|  | an assignment may be performed over all commodities by using a doubled | ||||||
|  | equals sign; any unlisted commodities are set to 0. In other words, the | ||||||
|  | second example above not only says that no dollars remain in pocket, but | ||||||
|  | also no Euros, no rupees, etc. | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
| ### Transaction prices | ### Transaction prices | ||||||
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| Within a transaction, you can note an amount's price in another | Within a transaction, you can note an amount's price in another | ||||||
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