Re: [BUG] With R using ":var d=data" breaks ":colnames yes" [9.7-pre (release_9.6.10-881-g595a32]

[Paul Stansell <paulstansell@gmail.com>]

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Hi Ihor,

Thanks for your advice, it helps a lot.  Sorry for submitting
something that wasn't a bug.

Paul

On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 at 13:16, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:

> Paul Stansell <paulstansell@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > It seems that using ":var d=data" breaks ":colnames yes" in the header of
> > an R code block.
> > ...
> > #+name: data
> > |--------+--------|
> > |      x |      y |
> > |--------+--------|
> > | 111.89 |  88.37 |
> > | 392.12 | 297.33 |
> > |--------+--------|
>
> It is expected.
> :colnames yes implies:
>
>      The ‘colnames’ header argument accepts ‘yes’, ‘no’, or ‘nil’
>      values.  The default value is ‘nil’: if an input table has column
>      names--because the second row is a horizontal rule--then Org
>      removes the column names, processes the table, puts back the column
>      names, and then writes the table to the results block.  Using
>      ‘yes’, Org does the same to the first row, even if the initial
>      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>      table does not contain any horizontal rule.  When set to ‘no’, Org
>      does not pre-process column names at all.
>
> In your table, the first row is a horizontal line, so Org tries to parse
> the first line as column names. And fails, of course.
>
> I guess that we can make `org-babel-get-colnames' smarter and make it
> skip the leading hlines.
>
> --
> Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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