how to print org-element of type paragraph as a string?

how to print org-element of type paragraph as a string?

[Myles English]

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)))

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

[Nick Dokos]

Myles English <mylesenglish@gmail.com> 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