* include value of single table cell in text?
@ 2010-07-27 8:45 Austin Frank
2010-07-27 14:43 ` Eric Schulte
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Austin Frank @ 2010-07-27 8:45 UTC (permalink / raw
To: emacs-orgmode
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Hello!
Is it possible to include the value of a single cell from an org-mode
table in the body of an org-mode document? That is, given
#+TBLNAME: test-table
| key | value |
|-----+-------|
| a | 1 |
| b | 2 |
Is there any way to refer to cell @2$2 within the text of an org-mode
document, and have that reference converted to the value "2" during
export?
I believe one approach would be to use babel's in-line source evaluation
capabilities along with the remote() function from the org spreadsheet
editor. But I haven't yet been able to identify the right combination
of those functions to get the desired result. This, for example,
doesn't work for me:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#+TBLNAME: test-table
| key | value |
|-----+-------|
| a | 1 |
| b | 2 |
I'm testing to see whether
src_emacs-lisp{(org-table-eval-formula "remote(test-table @2$2)")}
works.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
It throws an error during export, because I'm not in a table data field.
Additionally, if there's not already a built-in way to do this, I'd
nominate this functionality for some special syntax. Following babel's
inlining and remote reference conventions, maybe
table{test-table @2$2}
or
<<test-table:@2$2>>
This would make it very easy to refer to specific elements the tabular
output of babel blocks, adding to the utility of babel as a
meta-programming language for org-mode.
Thanks for any help!
/au
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* Re: include value of single table cell in text?
2010-07-27 8:45 include value of single table cell in text? Austin Frank
@ 2010-07-27 14:43 ` Eric Schulte
2010-07-28 18:38 ` Austin Frank
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eric Schulte @ 2010-07-27 14:43 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Austin Frank; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
The following should work. It uses an inline code block
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#+TBLNAME: test-table
| key | value |
|-----+-------|
| a | 1 |
| b | 2 |
Is there any way to refer to cell @2$2 within the text of an org-mode
document, and have that reference converted to the value
src_emacs-lisp[:var d=test-table[3,1]]{d} during export?
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Best -- Eric
Austin Frank <austin.frank@gmail.com> writes:
> Hello!
>
> Is it possible to include the value of a single cell from an org-mode
> table in the body of an org-mode document? That is, given
>
> #+TBLNAME: test-table
> | key | value |
> |-----+-------|
> | a | 1 |
> | b | 2 |
>
> Is there any way to refer to cell @2$2 within the text of an org-mode
> document, and have that reference converted to the value "2" during
> export?
>
> I believe one approach would be to use babel's in-line source evaluation
> capabilities along with the remote() function from the org spreadsheet
> editor. But I haven't yet been able to identify the right combination
> of those functions to get the desired result. This, for example,
> doesn't work for me:
>
> #+TBLNAME: test-table
> | key | value |
> |-----+-------|
> | a | 1 |
> | b | 2 |
>
> I'm testing to see whether
> src_emacs-lisp{(org-table-eval-formula "remote(test-table @2$2)")}
> works.
>
> It throws an error during export, because I'm not in a table data field.
>
>
> Additionally, if there's not already a built-in way to do this, I'd
> nominate this functionality for some special syntax. Following babel's
> inlining and remote reference conventions, maybe
>
> table{test-table @2$2}
>
> or
>
> <<test-table:@2$2>>
>
> This would make it very easy to refer to specific elements the tabular
> output of babel blocks, adding to the utility of babel as a
> meta-programming language for org-mode.
>
>
> Thanks for any help!
> /au
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* Re: include value of single table cell in text?
2010-07-27 14:43 ` Eric Schulte
@ 2010-07-28 18:38 ` Austin Frank
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Austin Frank @ 2010-07-28 18:38 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Eric Schulte; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
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On Tue, Jul 27 2010, Eric Schulte wrote:
> The following should work. It uses an inline code block
>
> #+TBLNAME: test-table
> | key | value |
> |-----+-------|
> | a | 1 |
> | b | 2 |
>
> Is there any way to refer to cell @2$2 within the text of an org-mode
> document, and have that reference converted to the value
> src_emacs-lisp[:var d=test-table[3,1]]{d} during export?
Eric--
This is great! Thanks very much. If you're accepting feature requests,
I'd still love to have a way to use org-table reference syntax to embed
cell values inline. I don't know whether this is better thought of as a
core or babel feature, though.
Looking at the source of org-table-fix-formulas and
org-table-eval-formula in org-table.el, there may be some room for
refactoring the reference resolution procedure into a standalone
function. I'm in the middle of wrapping up my thesis and moving, so I
definitely won't look at this any time soon. If this itch still needs
scratching in September I may revisit it then. If a talented soul
addresses it before then, even better!
Thanks again,
/au
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http://aufrank.net
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