Joe Bogner <joebogner@gmail.com> writes:

> I am using org-mode and babel with R for reproducible research. I
> would like certain numbers in the output tables to be formatted for
> easier reading - such as eliminating decimals and adding commas for
> readability.
>
> The best I came up with is to use a TBLFM line at the bottom of my
> results table using a function I found on the ElispCookbook on
> emacswiki. A simple example is below that doesn't require R to
> reproduce.
>
> It's a two step process currently to execute the R code in org-babel
> and then jump to the result table TBLFM line and  Ctrl+c Ctrl+c to
> format the table
>
> Is there a better way to format table outputs for simple things like
> currency? I would be content if it's only during the org export
> process too
>

You can use the recently introduced :post header argument to
post-process the output of a code block.  The following example
demonstrates the use of this argument to apply your number-grouper
function to table output.