How to replace raw code block output

Question

I would like to execute a python code block to produce new headlines (i.e. modify the current org file programmatically). If I produce raw results with a replace argument, the replace argument seems to be inactive in this case. For example, if I run 3 times the following code block:

#+name: test_block
#+begin_src python :results output raw replace 
print("* Test")
#+end_src

the obtained result is:

#+RESULTS: test_block
* Test
* Test
* Test

And I would expect only one * Test line with the replace argument. The code works as expected if I remove the raw argument (but there is a : before the headline (* test) which is not a headline anymore).

Answer 1

It's an old question... and my post is not quite an answer to the OP's question... but maybe someone will find my solution useful... A way to achieve what OP wanted to achieve is to generate an org-file structure, save it in an external file and then include it in the original file. Providing you want to use python in your code block you might have:

* How to generate a content of an org-file:

#+begin_src python :exports none :results none :eval yes
  import os
  from pathlib import Path
  
  fname = "toInclude.org" ;
  dpath = "./orgBabelOut/autogenerate/"
  fpath = dpath + fname

  Path(dpath).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

  f = open(fpath, "w")

  with open(fpath, "w") as file:
      for i in range(2):
      file.write('* Section ' + str(i+1) + '\n')

  f.close()
#+end_src

#+INCLUDE: ./orgBabelOut/autogenerate/toInclude.org :minlevel 1