Hello,
Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> writes: > Roger Mason <rma...@mun.ca> writes: > >> It does not work when called thus: >> | Element | oxide d.l. | >> |---------+-------------| >> | Fe | #ERROR | >> #+tblfm: @2$2='(org-sbe "dl" (el '@2$1')) >> >> I have tried various ways of quoting the reference to the cell in column >> 1 to no avail. > > M-x org-table-toggle-formula-debugger might be helpful. Thanks for the hint. What I see is: Substitution history of formula Orig: '(org-sbe "dl" (el @2$1)) $xyz-> '(org-sbe "dl" (el @2$1)) @r$c-> '(org-sbe "dl" (el #("Fe" 0 2 (face org-table fontified t)))) $1-> '(org-sbe "dl" (el #("Fe" 0 2 (face org-table fontified t)))) Result: #ERROR Format: NONE Final: #ERROR or Substitution history of formula Orig: '(org-sbe "dl" (el '@2$1')) $xyz-> '(org-sbe "dl" (el '@2$1')) @r$c-> '(org-sbe "dl" (el '#("Fe" 0 2 (face org-table fontified t))')) $1-> '(org-sbe "dl" (el '#("Fe" 0 2 (face org-table fontified t))')) Result: #ERROR Format: NONE Final: #ERROR or Substitution history of formula Orig: '(org-sbe "dl" (el "@2$1")) $xyz-> '(org-sbe "dl" (el "@2$1")) @r$c-> '(org-sbe "dl" (el "#("Fe" 0 2 (face org-table fontified t))")) $1-> '(org-sbe "dl" (el "#("Fe" 0 2 (face org-table fontified t))")) Result: #ERROR Format: NONE Final: #ERROR depending on how quoting of the cell reference is done. Thanks, Roger