Martin Halder <martin.hal...@gmail.com> writes:
>> Martin Halder <martin.hal...@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> was trying to use a table as input for a latex block. Is there a way to
>>> directly reference parts of the table inside the block or do I have to
>>> specify each parameter as separate parameter ?
>>>
>>> Thanks for help,
>>> Martin
>> Aloha Martin,
>>
>> Can I ask why you want to use a table as input for a latex block? An
>> alternative is to send the table to a source block in some other
>> language and then evaluate with :results latex. The advantage is that
>> the other language can have loops and complex data types that make it
>> relatively easy to deal with tables. It might be possible to do these
>> kinds of things with TeX, but it is likely to be difficult.
>>
>> hth,
>> Tom
>
> Aloha Tom,
>
> the reason was that I have a quite complex latex file in a src latex block
> (which I tangle)
> and just wanted to replace some variables from a table.
>
> But :results latex looks very interesting, will have a look if I can solve it
> with that one,
> many thanks for the hint.
>
> This is my use case, the example below was maybe too much simplified:
>
> #begin_src latex
> ... weird latex code
> \put(-2,-50){
> \parbox{8cm}{
> \tiny{mycompany - mystree - mycountry}\\ \\
> \normalsize
> \textbf{company}\\
> street\\
> \textbf{country}
> \vspace{2mm}\\
> }
> }
> ... weird latex code
> #end_src latex
Aloha Martin,
Here is the basic idea in pseudo python.
#begin_src python :results output latex
... weird latex code
s = ''' \\put(-2,-50){
\\parbox{8cm}{
\\tiny{%s - %s - %s}\\\\ \\\\
\\normalsize
\\textbf{%s}\\\\
street\\\\
\\textbf{%s}
\\vspace{2mm}\\\\
}
}''' % (mycompany, mystree, mycountry, company, country)
print s
... weird latex code
#end_src python
hth,
Tom
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
>>
>>>
>>> This is working:
>>>
>>> #+tblname: data
>>> | Name | John Doe |
>>> | Address | Doestreet 42 |
>>> | Country | Doecountry |
>>>
>>> #+name: invoice(name=data[0,1], address=data[1,1], country=data[2,1])
>>> #+begin_src latex
>>> name
>>> address
>>> country
>>> #+end_src
>>>
>>> #+RESULTS: invoice
>>> #+BEGIN_LaTeX
>>> John Doe
>>> Doestreet 42
>>> Doecountry
>>> #+END_LaTeX
>>>
>>> what I would like to do:
>>>
>>> #+name: invoice(data=data)
>>> #+begin_src latex
>>> data[0,1]
>>> data[1,1]
>>> data[2,1]
>>> #+end_src
>>>
>>> or even better:
>>>
>>> #+name: invoice(data=data)
>>> #+begin_src latex
>>> data['Name']
>>> data['Adress']
>>> data['Country']
>>> #+end_src
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Thomas S. Dye
>> http://www.tsdye.com
>
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