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How Template Variables Work

Generated Python​

Use $SETTA_GENERATED_PYTHON in a code block to specify where the generated Python code should go.

Here's the actual code that gets run:

def run_code():
    low = 0
    high = 100
    random_value = numpy.random.randint(low=low, high=high)

    print(random_value)

run_code()

Generated Python Imports​

If inferImports is enabled in your settings, then the inferred import statements are automatically added to the top of the code block that contains $SETTA_GENERATED_PYTHON.

However, if you'd like to customize where the import statements appear, then you can use $SETTA_GENERATED_PYTHON_IMPORTS.

Here's the actual code that gets run:

def run_code():
    import numpy.random
    import numpy

    low = 0
    high = 100
    random_value = numpy.random.randint(low=low, high=high)

    print(random_value)

run_code()

Referencing section metadata​

Prefix a code block's section name with $ to access its metadata.

  • Version name: $section_name$version
  • Code block import path: $section_name$import_path
  • Code block runtime file path: $section_name$file_path

Here's an example using all 3:

Running the bash script (section named chilly_azure) will print the following:

hello
value@static_blue
3.0

The hello comes from the fn() call, and the static_blue is the currently selected version of the value section.