Re: [babel] Is ":results output inline" possible

From: Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk>
To: emailorama <emailorama@yahoo.com.au>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [babel] Is ":results output inline" possible
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:44:03 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ws2q41uk.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <491466.67684.qm@web111303.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> (emailorama@yahoo.com.au's message of "Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:14:30 -0700 (PDT)")

Hi Al,

emailorama <emailorama@yahoo.com.au> writes:

[...]

>     Also, I've been looking at #+lob: which looks like another
>     really useful idea,

Yes, #+lob calls are the canonical way to "hide source code" in
org-babel; with this approach, source blocks are viewed more as function
definitions with arguments than as executable blocks that produce
output, and the #+lob line is used to "call the function" and actually
do something. There have been a few examples on the list recently where
it would make sense to use #+lob. I've fixed a few things related
to #+lob recently and will post some more documentation on Worg soon.

> and there are two things I am wondering
>     about.
>
>  -- Is it possible to use #+lob: with ":results output org" ?
>
>  -- Is it possible for #+lob: to take a string argument ?

Both these were bugs, which are fixed in my development branch -- they
should be merged into org-core by Eric soon. My output from your
examples is below.

Thanks a lot for the testing.

Dan

>     
>     The 4 examples below show things I have tried.
>       1. and 2. work fine.  
>       3. and 4. are what I can't work out.
>

Here's my output

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* Al tests (emailorama)
--------------------------------------------------
1.  :results output org -> works
--------------------------------------------------
#+srcname: randone
#+begin_src ruby :results output org
description = "lucky"
number = 3
maximum = 100
puts "* Random numbers\n" +
"Here are some #{description} numbers: " +
(1..number).collect {|x| (rand * maximum).ceil }.join(", ") +
"."
#+end_src

#+resname: randone
*** Random numbers
Here are some lucky numbers: 15, 52, 93.

--------------------------------------------------
2. :results value  -> works with #+lob:
--------------------------------------------------
#+srcname: randtwo(n,max)
#+begin_src ruby :results value
number = n
maximum = max
"* Random numbers\n" +
"Here are some random numbers: " +
(1..number).collect {|x| (rand * maximum).ceil }.join(", ") +
"."
#+end_src

#+lob: randtwo(n=3,max=100)

#+resname: randtwo(n=3,max=100)
: * Random numbers
: Here are some random numbers: 47, 100, 38.

--------------------------------------------------
3. :results output org -> doesn't work with #+lob:
--------------------------------------------------
#+srcname: randthree(n,max)
#+begin_src ruby
number = n
maximum = max
puts "* Random numbers\n" +
"Here are some random numbers: " +
(1..number).collect {|x| (rand * maximum).ceil }.join(", ") +
"."
#+end_src

#+lob: randthree(n=3,max=10) :results output org

#+resname: randthree(n=3,max=10)
* Random numbers
Here are some random numbers: 9, 3, 7.

--------------------------------------------------
4. Not sure how to use string argument with #+lob:
--------------------------------------------------
#+srcname: randfour(n,max,desc)
#+begin_src ruby :results value
description = desc
number = n
maximum = max
"* Random numbers\n" +
"Here are some #{description} numbers: " +
(1..number).collect {|x| (rand * maximum).ceil }.join(", ") +
"."
#+end_src

#+lob: randfour(n=3,max=100,desc="lucky")

#+resname: randfour(n=3,max=100,desc="lucky")
: * Random numbers
: Here are some lucky numbers: 65, 24, 42.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

> Thanks for any ideas you have about these things.
>
> al
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 1.  :results output org -> works
> --------------------------------------------------
> #+srcname: randone
> #+begin_src ruby :results output org
> description = "lucky"
> number = 3
> maximum = 100
> puts "* Random numbers\n" +
> "Here are some #{description} numbers: " +
> (1..number).collect {|x| (rand * maximum).ceil }.join(", ") +
> "."
> #+end_src
>
> #+resname: randone
> * Random numbers
> Here are some lucky numbers: 48, 69, 6.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 2. :results value  -> works with #+lob:
> --------------------------------------------------
> #+srcname: randtwo(n,max)
> #+begin_src ruby :results value
> number = n
> maximum = max
> "* Random numbers\n" +
> "Here are some random numbers: " +
> (1..number).collect {|x| (rand * maximum).ceil }.join(", ") +
> "."
> #+end_src
>
> #+lob: randtwo(n=3,max=100)
>
> #+resname: randtwo(n=3,max=100)
> : * Random numbers
> : Here are some random numbers: 14, 77, 75.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 3. :results output org -> doesn't work with #+lob:
> --------------------------------------------------
> #+srcname: randthree(n,max)
> #+begin_src ruby :results output org
> number = n
> maximum = max
> puts "* Random numbers\n" +
> "Here are some random numbers: " +
> (1..number).collect {|x| (rand * maximum).ceil }.join(", ") +
> "."
> #+end_src
>
> #+lob: randthree(n=3,max=10)
>
> #+resname: randthree(n=3,max=10)
> : nil
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 4. Not sure how to use string argument with #+lob:
> --------------------------------------------------
> #+srcname: randfour(n,max,desc)
> #+begin_src ruby :results value
> description = desc
> number = n
> maximum = max
> "* Random numbers\n" +
> "Here are some #{description} numbers: " +
> (1..number).collect {|x| (rand * maximum).ceil }.join(", ") +
> "."
> #+end_src
>
> #+lob: randfour(n=3,max=100,desc="lucky")
>
> #+resname: randfour(n=3,max=100,desc="lucky")
> : randfour
>
>
>
>       
>
>
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