ByteScout Premium 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 Premium Suite

How to write a robust code in C# to find phone number in PDF with regex with PDF extractor SDK with this step-by-step tutorial

These sample source codes on this page below are displaying how to find phone number in PDF with regex with PDF extractor SDK in C#. Want to find phone number in PDF with regex with PDF extractor SDK in your C# app? ByteScout Premium Suite is designed for it. ByteScout Premium Suite is the bundle that includes twelve SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do find phone number in PDF with regex with PDF extractor SDK in C# with the help of ByteScout Premium Suite. Follow the instructions from scratch to work and copy the C# code. 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();
        }
    }
}