The following works #+name: xvar #+begin_src emacs-lisp "ahaRx" #+end_src
#+RESULTS: xvar : ahaR #+name: myblock #+begin_src R :var xxx=xvar xxx #+end_src #+RESULTS: myblock : ahaRx But when I replace emacs-lisp with R in the first code block, it does not work any more. I think it should because R also returns the character value in that case. Any ideas?