Myles English <mylesengl...@gmail.com> writes: >>> On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:34:49 -0700, Eric Schulte said: > > > Myles English <mylesengl...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Please could tell me where I am going wrong with this? I just > >> can't get the source block to put a result in the table. > [etc] > > > Hi Miles, > > > To force the value of "236:30:00" to be interpreted as a string > > (rather than have sbe try to convert it to a number prefix the > > reference with a "$" character). However even doing this your > > example exposed a bug in this sbe functionality to which I've just > > pushed up a fix. With the latest version of Org-mode the attached > > works as expected. > > > > #+name: workingDays #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var hms="0" (require > > 'org-timer) (/ (org-timer-hms-to-secs hms) (* 60 60 8)) #+END_SRC > > > Note the variable reference is prefixed with a "$" to ensure that it > > is interpreted as a string. See the `sbe' documentation for full > > `sbe' usage information. > > > -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/ > > Thanks Eryk that solves the problem! I actually did try with an extra > "$" but it didn't work so I assumed that I had misunderstood the > documentation. Reading the documentation again, I think it could be > improved, perhaps > > #+begin_quote > to force interpretation of a cell's value as a string, prefix the > identifier with two "$"s rather than a single "$" > #+end_quote > > instead of > > #+begin_quote > to force interpretation of a cell's value as a string, prefix the > identifier with another "$", (e.g. @2$2 becomes $@2$2) > #+end_quote > > Thanks again, >
Good idea, I've just pushed up a documentation improvement. Thanks, > > Myles -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/
