Re: [O] [babel] How to set multiple variables with properties

[Christian Moe]

Hi, Eric,

Just curious: What about the org-entry--multivalued-property functions 
mentioned in "Using the properties API"?

Is anybody using multivalued properties for anything?

Yours,
Christian


On 6/21/11 10:17 PM, Eric Schulte wrote:
> Unfortunately org-mode properties only allow a single entry for any
> given key, so you can only specify one variable using properties.
>
> However the following workaround does exist.
>
> *** alternative
>      :PROPERTIES:
>      :var:      vars=variables
>      :END:
>
> #+tblname: variables
> | var1 | 1 |
> | var2 | 2 |
>
> #+begin_src python
>    print vars[0][1]
>    print vars[1][1]
> #+end_src
>
> Best -- Eric
>
> Darlan Cavalcante Moreira<address@hidden>  writes:
>
> > I'm using org-babel to automate a few tasks and I'd like to define a few
> > variables that are common to several code blocks as sub-tree properties.
> >
> > It works when I have only one variable, where I can use
> > * Heading
> >    :PROPERTY:
> >    :var: variable1="value1"
> >    :END:
> >    #+begin_src python :results output
> >      print variable1
> >    #+end_src
> >
> >    #+results:
> >    : value1
> >
> > Is it possible to set multiples variables in this way?
> > I tried things like
> > :PROPERTY:
> > :var: variable1="value1" variable2="value2"
> > :END:
> >
> > :PROPERTY:
> > :var: variable1="value1",variable2="value2"
> > :END:
> >
> > :PROPERTY:
> > :variable1: "value1"
> > :variable2: "value2"
> > :END:
> > but none of them worked.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Darlan Cavalcante