Re: [O] Using a table value within the text (dynamic variable)?

[Sebastien Vauban]

"'Mash Thomas Herbert" wrote:
> I was wondering if it was possible at all to use like a "variable" within a
> document that would reference a table cell, and could then be
> dynamically updated when the table cell was?
>
> The reason I ask is that I would like to have have tabular data held
> in another document and then write my document referencing and
> including the data within the text, so I only have to change the
> external data and the document would be updated automatically.
>
> Example...
>
> #+TBLNAME: example
> |-----+-----|
> | Foo | Bar |
> |-----+-----|
> |  22 | 43  |
> |  44 | 54  |
> |-----+-----|
>
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, @remote(example,B2) consectetur adipiscing elit. 
> Nullam
> vehicula lobortis sem, ut viverra lorem elementum quis. Etiam ac lacus
> eu ante molestie vehicula. Maecenas sed viverra sem. Proin mattis
> fermentum orci, sed tempus nibh feugiat eget.
>
> Would become...
>
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, 43 consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam
> vehicula lobortis sem, ut viverra lorem elementum quis. Etiam ac lacus
> eu ante molestie vehicula. Maecenas sed viverra sem. Proin mattis
> fermentum orci, sed tempus nibh feugiat eget.
>
> Thoughts?

Use an Org Babel (inline) code block which extracts part of the table. See
"indexing variables".

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban