ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Find Phone Number in PDF with Regex with PDF Extractor SDK

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How to find phone number in PDF with regex with PDF extractor SDK in C# with ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Learn to find phone number in PDF with regex with PDF extractor SDK in C#

Sample source code below will display you how to manage a complex task like find phone number in PDF with regex with PDF extractor SDK in C#. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite is the set that includes 3 SDK products for data extraction from PDF, scans, images and from spreadsheets: PDF Extractor SDK, Data Extraction SDK, Barcode Reader SDK. It can be applied to find phone number in PDF with regex with PDF extractor SDK using C#.

Want to quickly learn? This fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout Data Extraction Suite for C# plus the guidelines and the code below will help you quickly learn how to find phone number in PDF with regex with PDF extractor SDK. Simply copy and paste in your C# project or application you and then run your app! Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample C# codes.

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Program.cs

      using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;
using System;

namespace FindPhoneNumberRegex
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                // Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor instance
                using (TextExtractor extractor = new TextExtractor())
                {
                    extractor.RegistrationName = "demo";
                    extractor.RegistrationKey = "demo";

                    // Load sample PDF document
                    extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("samplePDF_PhoneNo.pdf");

                    extractor.RegexSearch = true; // Enable the regular expressions

                    int pageCount = extractor.GetPageCount();

                    // Search through pages
                    for (int i = 0; i < pageCount; i++)
                    {
                        // Search phoneNos in format 202-555-0130
                        string regexPattern = "[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}";
                        // See the complete regular expressions reference at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/az24scfc(v=vs.110).aspx

                        // Search each page for the pattern
                        if (extractor.Find(i, regexPattern, false))
                        {
                            do
                            {
                                // Iterate through each element in the found text
                                foreach (ISearchResultElement element in extractor.FoundText.Elements)
                                {
                                    Console.WriteLine("Found Phone No: " + element.Text);
                                }
                            }
                            while (extractor.FindNext());
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
            }

            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Press enter key to continue...");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}