org mode inline function call error
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mahmooz · 2022-04-13 15:06

#+name: test
    #+begin_src python
    return "$x = 20$"
    #+end_src

    #+RESULTS: test
    : $x = 20$

    * call_test()

when i run `ctrl-c-ctrl-c` on `call_test()` i get `org-babel-insert-
result: Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil`

how do i fix this?

thanks

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ieure · 2022-04-13 15:16

A heading isn't a source block, so trying to evaluate it as one won't
work.  You could call it `* fish sandwich` and get the same results.

See [Evaluating Code Blocks](https://orgmode.org/manual/Evaluating-
Code-Blocks.html) from the Org Mode manual for the correct syntax to
invoke a source block.

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mahmooz · 2022-04-13 15:19

`call_test()` is an inline function call to the source block named
`test`

see [https://orgmode.org/manual/Evaluating-Code-
Blocks.html](https://orgmode.org/manual/Evaluating-Code-Blocks.html)

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ieure · 2022-04-13 15:22

That's very weird.  I think you're probably not using that in the way
it's intended.

You should ask on the Org mailing list or open a ticket.

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Careful_Assignment · 2022-04-13 15:35

This looks like a bug in org-mode.  Add something in your "\*
call\_test()" heading and it starts to work:

```
   * call_test() {{{results(=$x = 20$=)}}}
     Something in heading...
```