/// <summary>
/// Gets a human readable representation of the text from the page based on
/// the letter order of the original PDF document.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="page">A page from the document.</param>
/// <param name="options">Control various aspects of the generated text.</param>
public static string GetText(Page page, Options options)
{
options ??= new Options();
var sb = new StringBuilder();
var previous = default(Letter);
var hasJustAddedWhitespace = false;
for (var i = 0; i < page.Letters.Count; i++)
{
var letter = page.Letters[i];
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(letter.Value))
{
continue;
}
if (options.ReplaceWhitespaceWithSpace && ReplaceableWhitespace.Contains(letter.Value))
{
letter = new Letter(
" ",
letter.GlyphRectangle,
letter.StartBaseLine,
letter.EndBaseLine,
letter.Width,
letter.FontSize,
letter.Font,
letter.Color,
letter.PointSize,
letter.TextSequence);
}
if (letter.Value == " " && !hasJustAddedWhitespace)
{
if (previous != null && IsNewline(previous, letter, page, out _))
{
continue;
}
sb.Append(" ");
previous = letter;
hasJustAddedWhitespace = true;
continue;
}
hasJustAddedWhitespace = false;
if (previous != null && letter.Value != " ")
{
var nwPrevious = GetNonWhitespacePrevious(page, i);
if (IsNewline(nwPrevious, letter, page, out var isDoubleNewline))
{
if (previous.Value == " ")
{
sb.Remove(sb.Length - 1, 1);
}
sb.AppendLine();
if (options.SeparateParagraphsWithDoubleNewline && isDoubleNewline)
{
sb.AppendLine();
}
hasJustAddedWhitespace = true;
}
else if (previous.Value != " ")
{
var gap = letter.StartBaseLine.X - previous.EndBaseLine.X;
if (WhitespaceSizeStatistics.IsProbablyWhitespace(gap, previous))
{
sb.Append(" ");
hasJustAddedWhitespace = true;
}
}
}
sb.Append(letter.Value);
previous = letter;
}
return(sb.ToString());
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets a human readable representation of the text from the page based on
/// the letter order of the original PDF document.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="page">A page from the document.</param>
/// <param name="addDoubleNewline">Whether to include a double new-line when the text is likely to be a new paragraph.</param>
public static string GetText(Page page, bool addDoubleNewline = false)
{
var sb = new StringBuilder();
var previous = default(Letter);
var hasJustAddedWhitespace = false;
for (var i = 0; i < page.Letters.Count; i++)
{
var letter = page.Letters[i];
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(letter.Value))
{
continue;
}
if (letter.Value == " " && !hasJustAddedWhitespace)
{
if (previous != null && IsNewline(previous, letter, page, out _))
{
continue;
}
sb.Append(" ");
previous = letter;
hasJustAddedWhitespace = true;
continue;
}
hasJustAddedWhitespace = false;
if (previous != null && letter.Value != " ")
{
var nwPrevious = GetNonWhitespacePrevious(page, i);
if (IsNewline(nwPrevious, letter, page, out var isDoubleNewline))
{
if (previous.Value == " ")
{
sb.Remove(sb.Length - 1, 1);
}
sb.AppendLine();
if (addDoubleNewline && isDoubleNewline)
{
sb.AppendLine();
}
hasJustAddedWhitespace = true;
}
else if (previous.Value != " ")
{
var gap = letter.StartBaseLine.X - previous.EndBaseLine.X;
if (WhitespaceSizeStatistics.IsProbablyWhitespace(gap, previous))
{
sb.Append(" ");
hasJustAddedWhitespace = true;
}
}
}
sb.Append(letter.Value);
previous = letter;
}
return(sb.ToString());
}