I'm trying to change the content of the docx using python-docx library. My changes are about replacing the words. So, I have list of words Original word list: ['ABC','XYZ'] which I need to replace with revised word list: ['PQR', 'DEF']. I also need to preserve the format of these words. Right now, I can save only one change. Here is my code for the reference.
def replace_string(filename='test.docx'):
doc = Document(filename)
list= ['ABC','XYZ']
list2 = ['PQR','DEF']
for p in doc.paragraphs:
print(p.text)
for i in range(0, len(list)):
if list[i] in p.text:
print('----!!SEARCH FOUND!!------')
print(list[i])
print(list2[i])
print('\n')
inline = p.runs
# Loop added to work with runs (strings with same style)
for i in range(len(inline)):
#print(inline[i].text)
if list[i] in inline[i].text:
print('----SEARCH FOUND!!------')
text = inline[i].text.replace(list[i], list2[i])
inline[i].text = text
print(inline[i].text)
doc.save('dest1.docx')
return 1
replace_string()
Original content of test.docx file:
ABC
XYZ
Revised content or saved content of dest1.docx file:
PQR
XYZ
How can I save all the replacements? The list of word may increase and its size is not fix.
This following code works for me. This preserve the format as well. Hope this will help others.
def replace_string1(filename='test.docx'):
doc = Document(filename)
list= ['ABC','XYZ']
list2 = ['PQR','DEF']
for p in doc.paragraphs:
inline = p.runs
for j in range(0,len(inline)):
for i in range(0, len(list)):
inline[j].text = inline[j].text.replace(list[i], list2[i])
print(p.text)
print(inline[j].text)
doc.save('dest1.docx')
return 1