Re: using a table from one org-file as a variable in a code block in another org-file

[John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>]

That is pretty awesome! Thanks!

John

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On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com> wrote:
> John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I have been using tables as variables for codeblocks on an org-file, e.g.
>> #+tblname: class-data
>> | user      | oxide | xc |
>> | jkitchin  | TiO2  | LDA|
>> ...
>>
>> #+BEGIN_SRC python :var data=class-data
>> from pylab import *
>> import numpy as np
>>
>> vol = [x[1]  if x[1] != '' else np.nan for x in data]
>> B = [x[2] if x[2] != '' else np.nan for x in data  ]
>>
>> scatter(vol, B)
>> xlabel('Volume ($\AA^3$)')
>> ylabel('Bulk modulus (GPa)')
>> title('All polymorphs of all oxides for all functionals')
>> show()
>> #+END_SRC
>>
>> This is a fantastic feature, since I can have some code that is
>> expensive to run create the table, but then have analysis code that is
>> quick, since it only reads the table.
>>
>> But, sometimes the tables are defined in other org-files.  Is there a
>> way to specify a table from another org-file in the variable header?
>>
>> Something like this would be pretty handy:
>>
>> :var ./org-file.org::class-data
>>
>> Especially if I could click on it, and have it open the other org-file
>> with point at the table!
>>
>> Any thoughts? Thanks,
>>
>
> Hi John,
>
> This feature does exist, and your guess at the syntax is almost correct.
> To reference a variable named foo1 in a file named foo.org you would use
> the following syntax, ":var data=foo.org:foo1".
>
> See the attached foo.org and bar.org files for an example (in order to
> work they must be in the same directory).
>
> I'll make a note to mention this functionality in the documentation.
>
> Best,
>
>
>
>>
>> John
>>
>> -----------------------------------
>> John Kitchin
>> Associate Professor
>> Doherty Hall A207F
>> Department of Chemical Engineering
>> Carnegie Mellon University
>> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>> 412-268-7803
>> http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
>>
>
> --
> Eric Schulte
> http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte
>