VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK 15.1: Documentation for .NET developer
Vintasoft.Imaging.Text Namespace / TextRegion Class / GetWords Methods / GetWords() Method
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GetWords() Method (TextRegion)
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Returns the words of this text region.
Syntax
'Declaration

Public Overloads Function GetWords() As TextRegion[]

public TextRegion[] GetWords()

Return Value

An array of TextRegion, which defines words.
Example

This C#/VB.NET code shows how to get all words with punctuation from PDF page.


''' <summary>
''' Returns words from PDF page.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="page">PDF page.</param>
''' <returns>Words from PDF page.</returns>
Public Shared Function GetWordsWithPunctuationFromPdfPage(page As Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.PdfPage) As String
    ' get words of the page
    Dim words As Vintasoft.Imaging.Text.TextRegion() = page.TextRegion.GetWords()

    Dim result As New System.Text.StringBuilder()
    For Each word As Vintasoft.Imaging.Text.TextRegion In words
        result.AppendLine(word.TextContent)
    Next

    Return result.ToString()
End Function


/// <summary>
/// Returns words from PDF page.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="page">PDF page.</param>
/// <returns>Words from PDF page.</returns>
public static string GetWordsWithPunctuationFromPdfPage(Vintasoft.Imaging.Pdf.Tree.PdfPage page)
{
    // get words of the page
    Vintasoft.Imaging.Text.TextRegion[] words = page.TextRegion.GetWords();

    System.Text.StringBuilder result = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
    foreach (Vintasoft.Imaging.Text.TextRegion word in words)
    {
        result.AppendLine(word.TextContent);
    }

    return result.ToString();
}

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET 10; .NET 9; .NET 8; .NET 7; .NET 6; .NET Framework 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, 4.5, 4.0, 3.5

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