HOW CAN I EXTRACT BOTH TABLES AND TEXT IN THE ORDER

[huyentn6]

I found that the Spire library works well for extracting numbered lists from DOC files, so I’d like to use it.
How can I extract both tables and text in the order they appear in the DOC file?

[Tommy.Tang]

Hello,

Thanks for your inquiry.
You can extract tables and text in sequence through the following code.

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def extract_paragraph_text(paragraph):
    """extract paragraph text（with list number）"""
    full_text = ""
    # add list symbols（if exists）
    if paragraph.ListText:
        full_text += paragraph.ListText.strip() + " "
        full_text += paragraph.Text.strip()
    return full_text.strip()

def extract_table_data(table):
    """extract table data"""
    table_data = []
    for i in range(table.Rows.Count):
        row_data = []
        for j in range(table.Rows[i].Cells.Count):
            cell_text = ""
            for k in range(table.Rows[i].Cells[j].Paragraphs.Count):
                para = table.Rows[i].Cells[j].Paragraphs[k]
                cell_text += extract_paragraph_text(para) + " "
            row_data.append(cell_text.strip())
        table_data.append(row_data)
    return table_data

doc = Document()
doc.LoadFromFile("TextAndTableInOrder.doc")
# store ordered results
ordered_content = []
# all document elements
for i in range(doc.Sections.Count):
    section = doc.Sections[i]
    for j in range(section.Body.ChildObjects.Count):
        element = section.Body.ChildObjects[j]
        if isinstance(element, Paragraph):
            # detal paragraph
            para_text = extract_paragraph_text(element)
            if para_text.strip():
                ordered_content.append(("text", para_text))
        elif isinstance(element, Table):
            # detal table
            table_data = extract_table_data(element)
            ordered_content.append(("table", table_data))
for item in ordered_content:
    if item[0] == "text":
        print("paragraph_text：", item[1])
    elif item[0] == "table":
        print("table_data：")
        for row in item[1]:
            print("\t".join(row))
    else:
        print("unknown：", item)
doc.Close()


If it doesn't meet your requirement, please provide us with your input file to help us investigate further. You can upload here or send it to this email [email protected]. Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,
Tommy
E-iceblue support team