This bug looks to be specific to Babel's R support. E.g., it is not present with shell code blocks.
#+name: testtable2 | a | b | |---+---| | 1 | 3 | | 3 | 3 | | 4 | 1 | | 4 | 2 | #+header: :var testtable=testtable2 #+begin_src sh :colnames yes echo "$testtable"|tail -2 #+end_src #+results: | a | b | |---+---| | 4 | 1 | | 4 | 2 | #+header: :var testtable=testtable2 #+header: :var dummy=20 #+begin_src sh :colnames yes echo "$testtable"|tail -2 #+end_src #+results: | a | b | |---+---| | 4 | 1 | | 4 | 2 | Best, Andreas Leha <andreas.l...@med.uni-goettingen.de> writes: > Hi all, > > there is a bug when it comes to babel not respecting :colnames when more > variables are passed. > > Here is the MWE: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > #+name: testtable2 > | a | b | > |---+---| > | 1 | 3 | > | 3 | 3 | > | 4 | 1 | > | 4 | 2 | > > #+header: :var testtable=testtable2 > #+begin_src R :colnames yes > testtable[2:3,] > #+end_src > > #+results: > | a | b | > |---+---| > | 3 | 3 | > | 4 | 1 | > > #+header: :var testtable=testtable2 > #+header: :var dummy=20 > #+begin_src R :colnames yes > testtable[2:3,] > #+end_src > > #+results: > | X1 | X3 | > |----+----| > | 4 | 1 | > | 4 | 2 | > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > > Forgot to say in my last post: > Org-mode version 8.2.5h (release_8.2.5h-581-g7b11ba.dirty @ > /home/andreas/local/emacs/org-mode-install/lisp/) > GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of > 2013-12-22 on brahms, modified by Debian > > > Regards, > Andreas > > -- Eric Schulte https://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte PGP: 0x614CA05D