Re: [O] Beginner's question

[Sebastien Vauban]

Hi Erich,

Neuwirth Erich wrote:
> Can anybody explain why my example does not work?
>
> #+TBLNAME: example-table
> |1|
> |2|
> |3|
> |4|
> #+NAME: table-length
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var table=example-table
> (length table)
> #+END_SRC
>
> #+RESULTS: table-length
> : 4
> #+name: xvar
> 123
> #+name: myblock
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var xxx=xvar
> (* xxx xxx)
> #+end_src
>
> I need to pass string constants and numeric values o code segments this way.

Put a `:' in front of your value. That way, Babel can locate and read the
value.

  #+name: xvar
  : 123

  #+name: myblock
  #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var xxx=xvar
  (* xxx xxx)
  #+end_src

  #+results: myblock
  : 15129

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban