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From: "Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>
To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: [babel] Expertise in string manipulation available?
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <801uwtapvu.fsf@somewhere.org> (raw)

Hello,

#+TITLE:     String manipulation

* Data

#+tblname: list-of-couples
| Me           | @Here  |
| Myself and I | @There |

* Successful outcome

I expect the above table to be transformed to those lines:

#+begin_example
---
Me
@Here
---
Myself and I
@There
#+end_example

* First attempt

** Code and output

#+begin_src awk :stdin list-of-couples :exports code :results output :tangle no
{
    print "---";
    print $1;
    print $2;
}
#+end_src

#+results:
#+begin_example
---
Me
@Here
---
Myself
and
#+end_example

** Issue

The first line of the table is perfectly outputted.

The second line is not, because of the space in its first column: $2 refers
then to the second word, not to the string of the second column.

* Second attempt

** Code and output

#+begin_src emacs-lisp :var data=list-of-couples :exports results :results output :tangle no
(mapc
 (lambda (item)
   (print (format "---\n%s\n%s\n"
                  (first item)
                  (second item))))
 data)
#+end_src

#+results:
#+begin_example

"---
Me
@Here
"

"---
Myself and I
@There
"
#+end_example

** Issue

Literal double quotes are inserted in the output. Plus blank lines...

Best regards,
  Seb

-- 
Sebastien Vauban

             reply	other threads:[~2011-08-10 22:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-10 22:00 Sebastien Vauban [this message]
2011-08-10 22:17 ` [babel] Expertise in string manipulation available? Nick Dokos
2011-08-11 22:17   ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-08-15  0:29     ` Nick Dokos

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