Glad it was helpful. You might also try (seventh row1) or (nth 6 row1). I think it is the same thing, but more obvious to read! John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 10:37 AM Axel Kielhorn wrote: > > > > Am 01.10.2020 um 14:21 schrieb John Kitchin : > > > > You could do something like this: > > > > > > * Table 1 > > > > #+name: table1 > > | Manufacturer | Name | Price | > > |-----------------+-------------+-------| > > | ACME | super cheep | 25 $ | > > | Roadrunner Inc. | Kaboom | 27 $ | > > | ACME | cheep | 30 $ | > > > > #+RESULTS: resorted > > | Manufacturer | Name | Price | > > |-----------------+-------------+-------| > > | ACME | super cheep | 25 $ | > > | ACME | cheep | 30 $ | > > | Roadrunner Inc. | Kaboom | 27 $ | > > > > ** Code for resorting > > > > #+name: resorted > > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var data=table1 :colnames t > > (sort data (lambda (row1 row2) (string< (first row1) (first row2)))) > > #+END_SRC > > > > John > > > > Thanks John, this is really powerful. > > I changed =first row1= to =elt row1 6= since my real table is more complex. > > (Again I learned a little bit more about elisp.) > > Greetings > Axel > > >