> 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
Aloha Tom,
great, thanks. This one is working. Did not think about sending the whole file
through python.
Cheers,
Martin
>>
>> 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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