Does quarto render supports vector parameters?

[uriahf]

Description

I would like to render quarto report in python by sending vectors as parameters.

This example demonstrates a use case with a single number as a parameter, but I'm not sure how I can send a vector as a parameter:

https://quarto.org/docs/computations/parameters.html#rendering

Thanks!

[mcanouil]

Parameters use scalar (unless you use --execute-params). Pass whatever you want and parse it in your document.

Note that as stated in the documentation, this is coming from papermill, so if the tool does not support it properly then you have no other choice than do what I proposed above.
https://papermill.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage-parameterize.html

[uriahf]

I don't nind using `--execute-params', is it possible to pass a dataframe through ymal?

[mcanouil]

It needs to be YAML and there is no such thing as "data frame" or "matrix", so you need to serialise/unserialise the object.
Or use any tricks you want such as providing a file name that holds the object, etc.

[uriahf]

How about the following pipeline:

1. Create temporal data frame
2. Read it from the quarto template
3. Render html
4. Remove the temporal data frame

Sounds reasonable?

[mcanouil]

This is up to you to make it work as you want it to.