Regexp for finding org todo headings does not work

Running `(looking-at org-todo-line-regexp)` to check if I am visiting a todo heading or just an outline heading without TODO keywords, I get always true, even if I am visiting a heading without TODO keyword. Here's the line I'm checking: **** Infos Here's my regexp: `org-todo-line-regexp`: "^\\(\\*+\\)\\(?: +\\(AGENDA\\|CANCELLED\\|D\\(?:EFERRED\\|ONE\\)\\|INFO\\|KEEP\\|MULTI\\|PROJECT\\|REVIEW\\|S\\(?:KIPPED\\|OMEDAY\\)\\|T\\(?:ERMIN\\|ODO\\)\\|WAITING\\)\\)?\\(?: +\\(.*?\\)\\)?[ ]*$" With the cursor at the beginning of the said line (**** Infos), here's what I get: `M-: (looking-at org-todo-line-regexp)` => t Is there another way for checking if I am visiting a todo heading (active or done). ## Edit The question mark at the end of the regexp `...WAITING\\)\\)?` says: One or no repetition of the previous group (the group being the TODO keywords). So the regexp says: A todo line starts with stars and has one or no todo keyword. But what I need is a line that definitely has a todo keyword. So I need to modify the regexp, which is defined in `org.el`.

The docstring of `org-todo-line-regexp` variable says: >Matches a headline and puts TODO state into group 2 if present. That's the `\\(AGENDA...WAITING\\)` part in your regexp. See [capturing group](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Regexp-Backslash.html#index-_0028-in-regexp). Thus `(match-string 2)` after `looking-at` should return a specific TODO keyword or `nil`. >Is there another way for checking if I am visiting a todo heading (active or done). See [Using the Property API](https://orgmode.org/manual/Using-the-Property-API.html#index-org_002dentry_002dget). You could use `org-entry-get`. (org-entry-get (point) "TODO") You could also use `org-get-todo-state`, but that's not a public API.

>(org-entry-get (point) "TODO") This does what I need. Thank you.

This problem has already been solved. See `org-ql`.

Good to see you here :) - Well, actually I did not want to „find“ TODO items, just check if the current line contains a TODO item.

Ah, I see. :)