ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Find Text in PDF with Smart Match with PDF Extractor SDK

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ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – C# – Find Text in PDF with Smart Match with PDF Extractor SDK

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How to find text in PDF with smart match with PDF extractor SDK in C# using ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

If you want to learn more then this tutorial will show how to find text in PDF with smart match with PDF extractor SDK in C#

The sample shows instructions and algorithm of how to find text in PDF with smart match with PDF extractor SDK and how to make it run in your C# application. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite is the bundle that includes three SDK tools for data extraction from PDF, scans, images and from spreadsheets: PDF Extractor SDK, Data Extraction SDK, Barcode Reader SDK and you can use it to find text in PDF with smart match with PDF extractor SDK with C#.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do find text in PDF with smart match with PDF extractor SDK in C# with the help of ByteScout Data Extraction Suite. Just copy and paste the code into your C# application’s code and follow the instructions. Want to see how it works with your data then code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly.

The trial version of ByteScout Data Extraction Suite can be downloaded for free from our website. It also includes source code samples for C# and other programming languages.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;

namespace FindTextSmartMatch
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            TextExtractor extractor = new TextExtractor("demo", "demo");

            // Load the document
            extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample2.pdf");

            // Smart match the search string like Adobe Reader
            extractor.WordMatchingMode = WordMatchingMode.SmartMatch;

            string searchString = "land";

            // Get page count
            int pageCount = extractor.GetPageCount();
            
            // Iterate through pages
            for (int i = 0; i < pageCount; i++)
            {
                // Search for text string
                if (extractor.Find(i, searchString, false))
                {
                    do
                    {
                        // Output search results
                        Console.WriteLine("Found on page " + i + " at location " + extractor.FoundText.Bounds.ToString());

                        // Now we are getting the found text
                        string extractedString = extractor.FoundText.Text;
                        Console.WriteLine("Found text: " + extractedString);
                    }
                    while (extractor.FindNext()); // Search next occurrence of the search string
                }
            }

            // Cleanup
			extractor.Dispose();


            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
            Console.ReadKey();

        }
    }
}