From: "Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>
To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Using a table value within the text (dynamic variable)?
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:16:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <861uaid4a0.fsf@somewhere.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20130409195910.GA4368@localhost
"'Mash Thomas Herbert" wrote:
> I was wondering if it was possible at all to use like a "variable" within a
> document that would reference a table cell, and could then be
> dynamically updated when the table cell was?
>
> The reason I ask is that I would like to have have tabular data held
> in another document and then write my document referencing and
> including the data within the text, so I only have to change the
> external data and the document would be updated automatically.
>
> Example...
>
> #+TBLNAME: example
> |-----+-----|
> | Foo | Bar |
> |-----+-----|
> | 22 | 43 |
> | 44 | 54 |
> |-----+-----|
>
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, @remote(example,B2) consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam
> vehicula lobortis sem, ut viverra lorem elementum quis. Etiam ac lacus
> eu ante molestie vehicula. Maecenas sed viverra sem. Proin mattis
> fermentum orci, sed tempus nibh feugiat eget.
>
> Would become...
>
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, 43 consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam
> vehicula lobortis sem, ut viverra lorem elementum quis. Etiam ac lacus
> eu ante molestie vehicula. Maecenas sed viverra sem. Proin mattis
> fermentum orci, sed tempus nibh feugiat eget.
>
> Thoughts?
Use an Org Babel (inline) code block which extracts part of the table. See
"indexing variables".
Best regards,
Seb
--
Sebastien Vauban
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-10 11:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-09 19:59 Using a table value within the text (dynamic variable)? 'Mash (Thomas Herbert)
2013-04-10 11:16 ` Sebastien Vauban [this message]
2013-04-10 11:59 ` 'Mash (Thomas Herbert)
2013-04-10 13:07 ` Sebastien Vauban
2013-04-10 13:28 ` 'Mash (Thomas Herbert)
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