Re: [O] how to force org-mode to interpret number as string

2014-03-13 Thread Bastien
Stefan Huchler stefan.huch...@mail.de writes: So to complete your solution, is there a way to wrap around of all values in a table (or only on numbers)? something like: #tblfm: $3 = $3 (or for all columns?) Then I think I am satisfied ;) This may help: | a | 3 | |+---| | z3 |

Re: [O] how to force org-mode to interpret number as string

2014-03-07 Thread Stefan Huchler
Eric Schulte schulte.e...@gmail.com writes: I suggested that you remove . from your numbers. You could also wrap your numbers in s. #+name: example | 100. | #+begin_src emacs-lisp :var example=example (caar example) #+end_src #+RESULTS: : 100. thank you and sorry

Re: [O] how to force org-mode to interpret number as string

2014-03-06 Thread Eric Schulte
Stefan Huchler stefan.huch...@mail.de writes: Bastien b...@gnu.org writes: Hi Stefan, Stefan Huchler stefan.huch...@mail.de writes: The Problem is that that org-mode seems to auto-format the salary column as a number. That a problem here, but I guess this is handy in many circumstances.

Re: [O] how to force org-mode to interpret number as string

2014-03-06 Thread Stefan Huchler
Eric Schulte schulte.e...@gmail.com writes: Stefan Huchler stefan.huch...@mail.de writes: Bastien b...@gnu.org writes: Hi Stefan, Stefan Huchler stefan.huch...@mail.de writes: The Problem is that that org-mode seems to auto-format the salary column as a number. That a problem here,

Re: [O] how to force org-mode to interpret number as string

2014-03-06 Thread Eric Schulte
I think that for this to work you may have to abandon using . as your numerical thousands separator. Or customize string-to-number and org-babel-number-p to fit your number syntax. Best, I think the way I have to go is to use export the table to csv then it looses some of its cleverness

Re: [O] how to force org-mode to interpret number as string

2014-03-05 Thread Bastien
Hi Stefan, Stefan Huchler stefan.huch...@mail.de writes: The Problem is that that org-mode seems to auto-format the salary column as a number. That a problem here, but I guess this is handy in many circumstances. Why don't use just turn the number into a string in your code? -- Bastien

Re: [O] how to force org-mode to interpret number as string

2014-03-05 Thread Stefan Huchler
Bastien b...@gnu.org writes: Hi Stefan, Stefan Huchler stefan.huch...@mail.de writes: The Problem is that that org-mode seems to auto-format the salary column as a number. That a problem here, but I guess this is handy in many circumstances. Why don't use just turn the number into a

[O] how to force org-mode to interpret number as string

2014-03-04 Thread Stefan Huchler
I try to generate mail drafts from a table as template-tokens. The Problem is that that org-mode seems to auto-format the salary column as a number. I donĀ“t need to calc this numbers so saving/getting it as string would be what I want. It not only butchers the string because he interprets the