Max Nikulin <maniku...@gmail.com> writes: > On 06/05/2024 19:44, Ihor Radchenko wrote: >> Charles Millar writes: >>> #+NAME: TABLE2 >>> |22578.60| >>> >>> src_latex[:var printthis=TABLE2[-1,-1] :eval yes :results replace >>> :exports results]{\num{printthis}} {{{results(@@latex:\num{22578.6}@@)}}} >> >> This is expected. When you assign :var, Org mode reads the table data, >> converting it to number. > > After discussion of ob-shell related issues I am in doubts if org-babel > should eagerly convert strings to numbers. Perhaps numbers should be > recognized for specific backends only (or vice versa conversion should > be suppressed for specific backends).
Maybe. But changing the current behavior is not trivial - a lot of code relies upon it implicitly. If anyone wants to work on more fine-grained control over Org markup -> Elisp conversion, feel free. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>