Find text

The example shows you how to find text in a document. Find returns a FindResult object for every occurrence, which tells you the matched text, its position, the paragraph and the runs it belongs to and the part of the document it was found in.

C# example

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Independentsoft.Office;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument("c:\\test\\input.docx");

            IList<FindResult> results = doc.Find("Independentsoft");

            Console.WriteLine(results.Count + " occurrences found.");

            foreach (FindResult result in results)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(result.Text + " at position " + result.Start + " in " + result.Story);

                Paragraph paragraph = result.Paragraph;
                Run run = result.Run;

                if (run != null)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("the match spans " + result.Runs.Count + " runs");
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

C# example - Find the first occurrence

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument("c:\\test\\input.docx");

            FindResult result = doc.FindFirst("Independentsoft");

            if (result != null)
            {
                //replace the first occurrence only, all run properties are preserved
                result.Replace("Independentsoft GmbH");

                doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);
            }
        }
    }
}

C# example - Find all pictures and all tables

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Independentsoft.Office;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word.Tables;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument("c:\\test\\input.docx");

            IList<Table> tables = doc.FindElements<Table>();
            IList<Paragraph> paragraphs = doc.FindElements<Paragraph>();

            Console.WriteLine(tables.Count + " tables, " + paragraphs.Count + " paragraphs");
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports Independentsoft.Office
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

        Dim doc As WordDocument = New WordDocument("c:\test\input.docx")

        Dim results As IList(Of FindResult) = doc.Find("Independentsoft")

        Console.WriteLine(results.Count.ToString() + " occurrences found.")

        For Each result As FindResult In results
            Console.WriteLine(result.Text + " at position " + result.Start.ToString())
        Next

    End Sub
End Module

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