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From: Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Include single values from a org-table into a code-block
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:22:52 -0700
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Florian Adamsky <fa-orgmode@haktar.org> writes:

> Hello,
>
> at the moment I'm drafting a paper and I would like to insert values
> from a org-table into a code-block. After searching a bit a found a mail
> thread from 2010 [1] which says I have to do the following:
>
> src_emacs-lisp[:var d=test-table[3,1]]{d}
>
> This works fine but only in non code-blocks. But I want to insert these
> values in a LaTeX block, since I want to generate a pgfplot. Is there
> another way to get values from a org-table? Or is it possible to combine
> the above code with a Macro? In the following you'll find an example:
>
> #+Begin_LaTeX
> \begin{tikzpicture}
> %% pgfplot code
> \addplot coordinates {(0, src_emacs-lisp[:var d=test-table[3,1]]{d})};
> \end{tikzpicture}
> #+End_LaTeX
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Best,
> Florian 
>
> [1]
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2010-07/msg01104.html
>

You can use a latex code block (however you must enable support for
evaluating latex code blocks).  See the attached example.


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Content-Type: text/x-org
Content-Disposition: inline; filename=example.org

#+Options: toc:nil

* Example

Here is a table.

#+Caption: I am the table.
#+name: a-table
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 4 |

#+begin_src latex :var foo=a-table[0,0]
  The first value of this table is foo.
#+end_src

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-- 
Eric Schulte
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