[O] what's wrong with this sbe?
Hi, 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)) Thanks, Myles
Re: [O] what's wrong with this sbe?
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. 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
Re: [O] what's wrong with this sbe?
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
Re: [O] what's wrong with this sbe?
Myles English mylesengl...@gmail.com writes: Hi, 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)) Hi Miles, To force the value of 236:30:00 to be interpreted as a string (rather than have sbe try to convert it to a number prefix the reference with a $ character). However even doing this your example exposed a bug in this sbe functionality to which I've just pushed up a fix. With the latest version of Org-mode the attached works as expected. #+name: workingDays #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var hms=0 (require 'org-timer) (/ (org-timer-hms-to-secs hms) (* 60 60 8)) #+END_SRC Note the variable reference is prefixed with a $ to ensure that it is interpreted as a string. See the `sbe' documentation for full `sbe' usage information. | Days | H:M:S | |--+---| | 29 | 236:30:00 | #+TBLFM: @2$1='(sbe workingDays (hms $@2$2)) Cheers, Thanks, Myles -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/
Re: [O] what's wrong with this sbe?
On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:09:48 +, Myles English said: On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:34:49 -0700, Eric Schulte said: Myles English mylesengl...@gmail.com writes: Hi, 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. [etc] Hi Miles, To force the value of 236:30:00 to be interpreted as a string (rather than have sbe try to convert it to a number prefix the reference with a $ character). However even doing this your example exposed a bug in this sbe functionality to which I've just pushed up a fix. With the latest version of Org-mode the attached works as expected. #+name: workingDays #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var hms=0 (require 'org-timer) (/ (org-timer-hms-to-secs hms) (* 60 60 8)) #+END_SRC Note the variable reference is prefixed with a $ to ensure that it is interpreted as a string. See the `sbe' documentation for full `sbe' usage information. -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/ Thanks Eryk that solves the problem! I actually did try with an extra $ but it didn't work so I assumed that I had misunderstood the documentation. Reading the documentation again, I think it could be improved, perhaps Yeah, I got these two blocks the wrong way around: #+begin_quote to force interpretation of a cell's value as a string, prefix the identifier with two $s rather than a single $ #+end_quote instead of #+begin_quote to force interpretation of a cell's value as a string, prefix the identifier with another $, (e.g. @2$2 becomes $@2$2) #+end_quote Thanks again, Myles Myles
Re: [O] what's wrong with this sbe?
On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:34:49 -0700, Eric Schulte said: Myles English mylesengl...@gmail.com writes: Hi, 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. [etc] Hi Miles, To force the value of 236:30:00 to be interpreted as a string (rather than have sbe try to convert it to a number prefix the reference with a $ character). However even doing this your example exposed a bug in this sbe functionality to which I've just pushed up a fix. With the latest version of Org-mode the attached works as expected. #+name: workingDays #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var hms=0 (require 'org-timer) (/ (org-timer-hms-to-secs hms) (* 60 60 8)) #+END_SRC Note the variable reference is prefixed with a $ to ensure that it is interpreted as a string. See the `sbe' documentation for full `sbe' usage information. -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/ Thanks Eryk that solves the problem! I actually did try with an extra $ but it didn't work so I assumed that I had misunderstood the documentation. Reading the documentation again, I think it could be improved, perhaps #+begin_quote to force interpretation of a cell's value as a string, prefix the identifier with two $s rather than a single $ #+end_quote instead of #+begin_quote to force interpretation of a cell's value as a string, prefix the identifier with another $, (e.g. @2$2 becomes $@2$2) #+end_quote Thanks again, Myles
Re: [O] what's wrong with this sbe?
Myles English mylesengl...@gmail.com writes: On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:34:49 -0700, Eric Schulte said: Myles English mylesengl...@gmail.com writes: Hi, 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. [etc] Hi Miles, To force the value of 236:30:00 to be interpreted as a string (rather than have sbe try to convert it to a number prefix the reference with a $ character). However even doing this your example exposed a bug in this sbe functionality to which I've just pushed up a fix. With the latest version of Org-mode the attached works as expected. #+name: workingDays #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var hms=0 (require 'org-timer) (/ (org-timer-hms-to-secs hms) (* 60 60 8)) #+END_SRC Note the variable reference is prefixed with a $ to ensure that it is interpreted as a string. See the `sbe' documentation for full `sbe' usage information. -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/ Thanks Eryk that solves the problem! I actually did try with an extra $ but it didn't work so I assumed that I had misunderstood the documentation. Reading the documentation again, I think it could be improved, perhaps #+begin_quote to force interpretation of a cell's value as a string, prefix the identifier with two $s rather than a single $ #+end_quote instead of #+begin_quote to force interpretation of a cell's value as a string, prefix the identifier with another $, (e.g. @2$2 becomes $@2$2) #+end_quote Thanks again, Good idea, I've just pushed up a documentation improvement. Thanks, Myles -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/
