Thanks Eric, I'll minimize the need of this by using "#+babel: var=something" for variables that are common to many blocks.
The tip with the table is a good one also. -- Darlan Cavalcante At Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:17:17 -0700, 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 <darc...@gmail.com> 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 > > > > -- > Eric Schulte > http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/
