Re: [O] What sport should I practice today, random TODO generator: bugfixing help requested

[Sebastien Vauban]

Hi Franz,

Franz Sommer wrote:
> I have a small lisp code block evaluation problem generating org-mode style 
> output.
> Motivation and so on, see below. 
>
> Would appreciate the communities help. 
> Gladly will return feedback once my setup has advanced and you are interested.
>
> Tks in advance, Franz
>
>
> =======
> = Goal:=
> =======
> Hava a random (weekly) generator of activities and / or todo items. Think of
> everyday question like sports (shall I go cycling , swimming or running) May
> also be used for creativity teasers and any other kind of randomizable
> decission making.
>
>
> (see why here: 
> http://books.google.de/books?id=m5vQHbj2Vi0C&pg=PA71&dq=o+reilly+mind+hack+random&hl=de&sa=X&ei=4TH5Tv3lOcStsgaZ3dzgDw&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=o%20reilly%20mind%20hack%20random&f=false
> )
>
> =================================
> = Current Stage / Actual Debug Problem  =
> =================================
> I like to get 
> ** TODO running
> and not
> | ** TODO running :random: |
>
> What is wrong with my approach ?
> (Yes I am new to lisp, but I hope that does not matter here to much. )
>
> =======
> =Code:=
> =======
>
> #+headers: :results value varbatim replace 

                           ^ verbatim
                             or scalar

> #+begin_src emacs-lisp 
>       (defun table '())
>               (add-to-list 'table "** TODO running :random:")    ;; later on 
> some scheduling and tracking properties will be added
>               (add-to-list 'table "** TODO cycling :random:")
>
>       (setq returnlist '() )
>
>       ;;later a loop shall be here to say make list of 5 items  )
>
>               (add-to-list 'returnlist (nth (random (length table)) table)))
>
> (returnlist)
> #+end_src
>
> #+results:
> | ** TODO Cereals :random: |

Also, please note that, in order to be effectively replaced, your results
should maybe be wrapped in a =begin_result= block. See `:results wrap' for
this.

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban