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> On Dec 18, 2019, at 9:10 AM, Lawrence Bottorff <borgauf@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> I thought I understood "metaprogramming," i.e., creating generic code blo=
cks that can be called by any other code block regardless of programming la=
nguage -- but apparently I don't. I have this
>=20
>  #+name: my-random-gen
> #+header: :var n=3D0 :var lim=3D0
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> (loop repeat n collect (random* lim))
> #+END_SRC
>=20
> and I have the variables initialized to zero. But now I don't know how to=
 call it with another code block. I've tried various versions of this
>=20
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> my-random-gen(5 1.0)
> #+END_SRC
>=20
> and this various versions of this
>=20
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var results=3Dmy-random-gen() :var n=3D5 :var lim=
=3D1.0
> results
> #+END_SRC
>=20
> to no avail. What am I missing? How can I actually use, call my-random-ge=
n in other code blocks?
>=20

Do these help?

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb yes
'<<my-random-gen(5, 1.0)>>
#+END_SRC


#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var mrg=3Dmy-random-gen(5, 1.0)
mrg
#+END_SRC

Chuck