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Subject: Re: Using property values in source code blocks
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 16:05:50 -0700
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On Wed, 6 Jul 2016, Joon Ro wrote:

>
>> Yes. `org-property-values' does the trick
>>
>>
>> * Subtree
>> :PROPERTIES:
>> :DUMMY: Value
>> :END:
>>
>> #+BEGIN_SRC shell :var dumdum=(car (org-property-values "DUMMY"))
>> echo $dumdum
>> #+END_SRC
>>
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>
> Thank you so much for the reply - this would be very useful. Would there 
> be, however, a way to directly replace some place holder inside a source 
> code block?

I have no idea what you are asking.

> The reason is I have to put those values inside a comment, 
> so I cannot pass them as variables.

So your original query about accessing property values from src blocks was 
not what you wanted?

Examples of what one is trying to do - even if they do not work exactly as 
intended - are often more helpful than verbal explanations of what one 
would like to do.

Chuck