William Denton <w...@pobox.com> writes: > I'm thinking about moving a personal library catalogue system into Org. This > would involve ISBNs, and when ISBNs had 10 digits some would have leading > zeros. > It turns out leading zeros are removed when something looks like a number. > > #+name:isbn > | 0006145396 | > > #+begin_src shell :results output :var string=isbn > echo $string > #+end_src > > #+RESULTS: > : 6145396
Try #+name:isbn | "0006145396" | Currently, Org unconditionally converts everything that looks like a number into numbers using `read'. We could, in theory, allow passing ;L flags or similar when reading table reference (see 3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc). Feel free to write a feature request if you think that it might be useful. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
