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From: Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: How do I chain babel blocks with arguments?
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 00:42:26 -0500
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To: Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org>
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Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I have several babel blocks that each work well, but I'm now trying to
> chain them to build some bigger functionality out of them. I'm having
> trouble finding out how to pass arguments between blocks. Here is
> a small example:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> #+name: test1
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var x="foo"
> x
> #+end_src
>
> #+name:test2
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var z="bar" :var y=test1(x=z)
> y
> #+end_src
>
> #+call: test2(z="baz")
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Unfortunately this does not work: the evaluation of block `test2' fails
> by telling me `z' does not exist.
>
> How can I execute block `test1' from block `test2' by passing an
> argument that is one from test2?
>

#+name: z
: bar

#+name: test1
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :var x="foo"
x
#+end_src

#+name:test2
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :var y=test1(x=z)
y
#+end_src

#+RESULTS: test2
: bar

Best, Eric

>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan
>

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