How to find and replace a specific text in paragraphs using C# and .NET

  1. Add SautinSoft.Document from Nuget.
  2. Load a document.
  3. Iterate through all paragraphs.
  4. Find and replace text in the each paragraph.
  5. Save the document.

This code example shows us how to replace the text 'old text' with the text 'new text' in all paragraphs of the document.

Complete code

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using SautinSoft.Document;

namespace Example
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Get your free 100-day key here:   
            // https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/

            FindAndReplaceInParagraphs();
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Find and replace a specific text in all paragraphs in PDF document.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Details: https://sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/replace-text-paragraphs-in-pdf-document-net-csharp-vb.php
        /// </remarks>
        static void FindAndReplaceInParagraphs()
        {
            string filePath = @"..\..\..\example.pdf";
            string fileResult = @"Result.pdf";
            DocumentCore dc = DocumentCore.Load(filePath);
            foreach (Paragraph par in dc.GetChildElements(true, ElementType.Paragraph))
                foreach (ContentRange item in par.Content.Find("old text").Reverse())
                {
                    item.Replace("new text");
                }
            dc.Save(fileResult);
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(filePath) { UseShellExecute = true });
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(fileResult) { UseShellExecute = true });
        }
    }
}

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Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Linq
Imports SautinSoft.Document

Module Sample
    Sub Main()
        FindAndReplaceInParagraphs()
    End Sub
    ''' Get your free 100-day key here:   
    ''' https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Find and replace a specific text in all paragraphs in PDF document.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <remarks>
    ''' Details: https://sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/replace-text-paragraphs-in-pdf-document-net-csharp-vb.php
    ''' </remarks>
    Private Sub FindAndReplaceInParagraphs()
        Dim filePath As String = "..\..\..\example.pdf"
        Dim fileResult As String = "Result.pdf"
        Dim dc As DocumentCore = DocumentCore.Load(filePath)
        For Each par As Paragraph In dc.GetChildElements(True, ElementType.Paragraph)
            For Each item As ContentRange In par.Content.Find("old text").Reverse()
                item.Replace("new text")
            Next item
        Next par
        dc.Save(fileResult)
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(filePath) With {.UseShellExecute = True})
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(fileResult) With {.UseShellExecute = True})
    End Sub
End Module

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