Thanks Seb, * TODO Fix the word wrapping in my emails :gnus: <SCHEDULED: ASAP>
>> On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:09:49 +0100, Sebastien Vauban said: > Hi Myles, Myles English wrote: >> Please could tell me where I am going wrong with this? I just >> can't get the source block to put a result in the table. >> >> #+name: workingDays #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var hms="0" (require >> 'org-timer) (/ (org-timer-hms-to-secs hms) (* 60 60 8)) #+END_SRC >> >> #+call: workingDays(hms="236:30:00") >> >> #+RESULTS: workingDays(hms="236:30:00") : 29 >> >> | Days | H:M:S | |--------+-----------| | #ERROR | >> 236:30:00 | #+TBLFM: @2$1='(sbe "workingDays" (hms @2$2)) > This is because the string you send in the `sbe' call should be > (double-)quoted, as in: > | Days | H:M:S | |------+-------------| | 29 | > "236:30:00" | #+TBLFM: @2$1='(sbe workingDays (hms @2$2)) > This is really annoying for most cases, and dates back from a > problem to distinguish between references and strings, at some > point. Yes it is quite annoying. After your help I tried various combinations of (quote),(print),(string),(number-to-string) and (concat), both in the TBLFM line and in the source block but found that this is the only way to get a slightly unsatisfactory result: | Days | H:M:S | | |------+-----------+-------------| | 29 | 236:30:00 | "236:30:00" | | | | | #+TBLFM: @2$3='(print (concat "\"" @2$2 "\""))::@2$1='(sbe workingDays (hms @2$3)) > I wonder whether this heavy constraint (strings must be enclosed) > still applies or not. > Best regards, Seb > PS- No need to quote the function name... > -- Sebastien Vauban Thanks again, Myles
