From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Schulte Subject: Re: what's wrong with this sbe? Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:46:39 -0700 Message-ID: <878vjfaqkg.fsf@gmx.com> References: <8762ejdxe3.fsf@ed.ac.uk> <87r4x7ax0x.fsf@gmx.com> <87wr6zc6ub.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36179) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S4c0F-0006Gc-NR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:47:21 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S4bzs-0005Mh-4X for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:47:19 -0500 Received: from mailout-us.gmx.com ([74.208.5.67]:52496) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S4bzr-0005MS-UC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:46:56 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87wr6zc6ub.fsf@gmail.com> (Myles English's message of "Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:09:48 +0000") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Myles English Cc: emacs-orgmode Mode Myles English writes: >>> On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:34:49 -0700, Eric Schulte said: > > > Myles English writes: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Please could tell me where I am going wrong with this? I just > >> can't get the source block to put a result in the table. > [etc] > > > Hi Miles, > > > To force the value of "236:30:00" to be interpreted as a string > > (rather than have sbe try to convert it to a number prefix the > > reference with a "$" character). However even doing this your > > example exposed a bug in this sbe functionality to which I've just > > pushed up a fix. With the latest version of Org-mode the attached > > works as expected. > > > > #+name: workingDays #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var hms="0" (require > > 'org-timer) (/ (org-timer-hms-to-secs hms) (* 60 60 8)) #+END_SRC > > > Note the variable reference is prefixed with a "$" to ensure that it > > is interpreted as a string. See the `sbe' documentation for full > > `sbe' usage information. > > > -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/ > > Thanks Eryk that solves the problem! I actually did try with an extra > "$" but it didn't work so I assumed that I had misunderstood the > documentation. Reading the documentation again, I think it could be > improved, perhaps > > #+begin_quote > to force interpretation of a cell's value as a string, prefix the > identifier with two "$"s rather than a single "$" > #+end_quote > > instead of > > #+begin_quote > to force interpretation of a cell's value as a string, prefix the > identifier with another "$", (e.g. @2$2 becomes $@2$2) > #+end_quote > > Thanks again, > Good idea, I've just pushed up a documentation improvement. Thanks, > > Myles -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/