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Subject: Re: Using #+NAME for single value, not table?
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:48:00 +0200
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Rainer M Krug wrote:
> Aaron Ecay <aaronecay-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>> 2014ko ekainak 26an, Rainer M Krug-ek idatzi zuen:
>>> 
>>> I use #+NAME to define some parameters for my analysis, which works
>>> quite nice for tables. but I would now like to use the same apprioach
>>> for values, e.g. a single number, but I don't manage. Is this possible?
>>> For illustration a short example:
>>> 
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>> *** Species names and iespece codes
>>> #+NAME: SPECIES
>>> |         | fullName        | shortName | iespece | IFNName         | color |
>>> |---------+-----------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+-------|
>>> | fagus   | Fagus sylvatica | fagus     |       4 | fagus_sylvatica | red   |
>>> | quercus | Quercus robur   | quercus   |       3 | quercus_robur   | green |
>>> 
>>> *** Random Number Definition
>>> Defines random number generator kind, normal.kind and seed (see set.seed help in R for details)
>>> #+NAME: RNGSEED 
>>> 13
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>> 
>>> SPECIES works, but how do I get RNGSEED to be 13?
>>
>> You can use a verbatim block:
>>
>> ,----
>> | #+name: xyz
>> | : hi
>> | 
>> | #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var abc=xyz
>> | (concat "*" abc "*")
>> | #+end_src
>> | 
>> | #+RESULTS:
>> | : *hi*
>> `----
>
> Perfect - this is exactly what I was looking for.

If I'm not mistaken, I see two solutions for you:

    #+name: RNGSEED
    : 13

or

    #+PROPERTY: var RNGSEED=13

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban