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From: Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>
Subject: Re: get current headline?
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:45:04 +0100
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Hi,

Matt Price <moptop99@gmail.com> writes:

> I feel like I should know how to do this -- how od I retrieve the current
> headline as an org-element object?
>
> context: I want to take a headline like this
>
> ** Jane Doe
> - demonstrates an understanding of research topic  :: yes
> - Annotated Bibliography :: very nicely done
> - Grammar and Spelling :: no major problems, but see inline comments
> - Further Comments :: see file
> - Grade :: A
>
> And set the headline's "GRADE" property to the value of the "- Grade ::"
> line.  But, I want to make sure that I'm still in the current headline when
> I set the property (rather than accidentally navigating to the next
> headline, because the current headline doesn't contain a "- Grade ::" lin).
>
> Tanks as always for the help! I'm pretty sure I've asked this question
> before but can't find the answer...

Would this do what you want?

(save-excursion
  (org-back-to-heading)
  (org-element-at-point))

If you have a more sophisticated parse tree you could use
org-element-lineage.

Rasmus

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