Find text

The example shows you how to loop over paragraphs and runs in order to find the specified text.

import java.util.List;

import com.independentsoft.office.word.IRunContent;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Run;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.Text;
import com.independentsoft.office.word.WordDocument;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument("c:\\test\\input.docx");

            List<Paragraph> paragraphs = doc.getParagraphs();

            for(Paragraph paragraph : paragraphs)
            {
                String paragraphText = "";

                for (int j = 0; j < paragraph.getContent().size(); j++)
                {
                    if (paragraph.getContent().get(j) instanceof Run)
                    {
                        Run run = (Run)paragraph.getContent().get(j);
                        String runText = "";

                        for (IRunContent runElement : run.getContent())
                        {
                            if (runElement instanceof Text)
                            {
                                Text currentText = (Text)runElement;

                                runText += currentText.getValue();
                                paragraphText += currentText.getValue();
                            }
                        }

                        if (runText.indexOf("my text") > -1)
                        {
                            //found text inside current run object
                        }
                    }
                }
  
                if (paragraphText.indexOf("my text") > -1)
                {
                    //found text inside current paragraph object
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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