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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ob-core: check argument to goto-char
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 23:24:49 +0200
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To: "Charles C. Berry" <ccberry@ucsd.edu>
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Hello,

"Charles C. Berry" <ccberry@ucsd.edu> writes:

> The easiest way to borrow babel tools is to use babel to execute src 
> blocks directly. Here is a start. Run this src block to define a function
> `insert-quoted-list-as-result':
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
>    (defun insert-quoted-list-as-result (my-list)
>    (save-excursion
>      (insert
>       (format
>        "#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp\n '%S\n#+END_SRC\n\n" my-list))
>      (let ((org-confirm-babel-evaluate nil))
>        (org-babel-execute-src-block)))
>      (delete-region (point)
>  		   (org-babel-where-is-src-block-result)))
> #+END_SRC
>
> Then put the next line in an *.org buffer and try it out by typing C-x C-e 
> just below the line:
>
> : (insert-quoted-list-as-result '(("id" "num") hline ("a" "1") ("b" "2")))

I suggest to use built-in `orgtbl-to-orgtbl' instead:

  (insert (orgtbl-to-orgtbl '(("id" "num") hline ("a" "1") ("b" "2")) nil))


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou