Re: [O] Using #+NAME for single value, not table?

[Rainer M Krug]

Aaron Ecay <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Rainer,
>
> 2014ko ekainak 26an, Rainer M Krug-ek idatzi zuen:
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> I use #+NAME to define some parameters for my analysis, which works
>> quite nice for tables. but I would now like to use the same apprioach
>> for values, e.g. a single number, but I don't manage. Is this possible?
>> For illustration a short example:
>> 
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> *** Species names and iespece codes
>> #+NAME: SPECIES
>> |         | fullName        | shortName | iespece | IFNName         | color |
>> |---------+-----------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+-------|
>> | fagus   | Fagus sylvatica | fagus     |       4 | fagus_sylvatica | red   |
>> | quercus | Quercus robur   | quercus   |       3 | quercus_robur   | green |
>> 
>> *** Random Number Definition
>> Defines random number generator kind, normal.kind and seed (see set.seed 
>> help in R for details)
>> #+NAME: RNGSEED 
>> 13
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>> 
>> SPECIES works, but how do I get RNGSEED to be 13?
>
> You can use a verbatim block:
>
> ,----
> | #+name: xyz
> | : hi
> | 
> | #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var abc=xyz
> | (concat "*" abc "*")
> | #+end_src
> | 
> | #+RESULTS:
> | : *hi*
> `----

Perfect - this is exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks,

Rainer

>
> HTH,

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