Re: inline constant substitution

[Paul Rudin <paul-sqPYmOVXOov10XsdtD+oqA@public.gmane.org>]

Nicolas Goaziou <mail-Gpy5sJQTEQHwkn9pgDnJRVAUjnlXr6A1@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Paul Rudin <paul-sqPYmOVXOov10XsdtD+oqA@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
>> Suppose I have:
>>
>> #+CONSTANTS: foo=42
>>
>> How can I make inline references to a constant on export in regular
>> text, rather than in a table?
>>
>> I want to be able to write something like: 
>>
>>   The value of foo is $foo 
>>
>> in my org file, and then end up with:
>>
>>   The value of foo is 42
>>
>> when I export to LaTeX.
>
> Constants are for tables only. You can use a macro instead:
>
> #+MACRO: foo 42
>
>   The value of foo is {{{foo}}}.
>

Thanks. If I *also* want to use that value in a table is there a way to
do that? I experimented with:

#+TBLFM: @1$1={{{foo}}}

and 

#+TBLFM: @1$1="{{{foo}}}"

But neither of those work.