Re: [O] how to print org-element of type paragraph as a string?

[Nick Dokos]

Myles English <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello,
>
> This should be an easy question for someone.  Given the org file
> content below, how would you get the result or the source block to be
> "here are the contents"?
>
> Thanks,
> Myles
>
> * heading
> here are the contents
>
> #+begin_src elisp :results output
> (dolist
>       (job (org-element-map (org-element-parse-buffer) 'paragraph 'identity))
> (print (car (org-element-contents job))))
> #+end_src
>
> #+RESULTS:
> :
> : #("here are the contents
> : " 0 22 (:parent (paragraph (:begin 11 :end 34 :contents-begin 11
> :contents-end 33 :post-blank 1 :post-affiliated 11 :parent (section
> (:begin 11 :end 225 :contents-begin 11 :contents-end 224 :post-blank 1
> :parent (headline (:raw-value "heading" :begin 1 :end 225 :pre-blank 0
> :contents-begin 11 :contents-end 224 :level 1 :priority nil :tags nil
> :todo-keyword nil :todo-type nil :post-blank 0 :footnote-section-p nil
> :archivedp nil :commentedp nil :quotedp nil :CATEGORY nil :title
> (#("heading" 0 7 (:parent #6))) :parent (org-data nil #6)) #4)) #2
> (src-block (:language "elisp" :switches nil :parameters ":results
> output" :begin 34 :end 207 :number-lines nil :preserve-indent nil
> :retain-labels t :use-labels t :label-fmt nil :value "(dolist
> :       (job (org-element-map (org-element-parse-buffer) 'paragraph 
> 'identity))
> : (print (car (org-element-contents job))))
> : " :post-blank 1 :post-affiliated 34 :parent #4)) (fixed-width
> (:begin 207 :end 224 :value "nil
> : " :post-blank 0 :post-affiliated 218 :results ("") :parent #4)))) #0)))
>
>

Use substring-no-properties omitting the bounds:

,----
| substring-no-properties is a built-in function in `C source code'.
| 
| (substring-no-properties STRING &optional FROM TO)
| 
| Return a substring of STRING, without text properties.
| It starts at index FROM and ends before TO.
| TO may be nil or omitted; then the substring runs to the end of STRING.
| If FROM is nil or omitted, the substring starts at the beginning of STRING.
| If FROM or TO is negative, it counts from the end.
| 
| With one argument, just copy STRING without its properties.
`----

-- 
Nick