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From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
Subject: Re: Simplify repeated same section with different variable value
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:44:27 -0400
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Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 24/04/12 14:36, Myles English wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:22:48 +0200, Rainer M Krug said:
> >
> >> Hi I have a section which I want to repeat for different variable values. At the moment I am
> >> copying them, but I do not like it at all:
> >
> >> ** Species one :PROPERTIES: :var: SPECIES="sp1" :END: *** Data Checks Here is some text
> >> #+header: :results output #+begin_src R checkData(species=SPECIES) #+end_src
> >
> >
> >> ** Species 2 :PROPERTIES: :var: SPECIES="sp2" :END: *** Data Checks Here is some text
> >> #+header: :results output #+begin_src R checkData(species=SPECIES) #+end_src
> >
> >
> >> I am sure there must be an easier way with org?
> >
> > How about using yasnippet?
> 
> Yasnippets would help in filling the file with the repeated code - but if I want to change e.g.
> "some text" to "some more text", I still have to do it manually. Nevertheless, if I could define
> the org section once and repeat it with different variable values, this would enable me to change
> it only once.
> 

Use the #+call mechanism:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* subroutine

#+name: foo
#+BEGIN_SRC elisp :var x=1
(* x x)
#+END_SRC

* call

#+call: foo(4)

#+RESULTS: foo(4)
: 16

* call

#+call: foo(5) 

#+RESULTS: foo(5)
: 25
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Nick