Matt Price wrote: > I'm making a very simple org-document -- a packing list for a trip. > It has entries like > > - 4 mugs > - for sleeping bags > - 4 thermarest pads > > > I'd like to replace the numbers there by a variable -- so if I make a > list for 4 people, the number displayed will be '4'; but if the list > is for 2 people, the number displayed will be 2. Better would be if I > could also do simple arithmetic manipulations (x * 6 dinners for a > week...). I there a really simple way to do this? if it's not really > easy, it won't really seem worth it, but if it is really easy, I will > use it a lot...
As macros are expanded before Babel code is evaluated, I would try #+scr_calc{...} with MACRO constants in the formula (untested). Best regards, Seb -- Sebastien Vauban