Hello Juan, Juan Manuel Macías writes:
> You're welcome. Just a minor fix: although the code works fine, > naturally the asterisk in `let' was unnecessary. This is a new version > with the code explained, in case you find it useful: > > #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var data=s1 col=3 > (let* ( > ;; return a list from elemens in column number `col' > (list-from-column (mapcar (lambda (r) (format "%s" (nth col r))) data)) > ;; make a list of lists = a new table that contains one single column > (new-table (mapcar 'list list-from-column))) > new-table) > #+end_src Many thanks for this. A looong time ago I was capable of programming in emacs-lisp. Alas I have not maintained my skills. Best wishes, Roger
