python: find numbers in docx file and replace

Question

I want to read the docx file in python. then extract numbers from that like:

with open('test.docx') as t:
    text = t.readlines()
a = []
a.append([int(s) for s in text.split() if s.isdigit()])
a = [int(numeric_string) for numeric_string in a]

Thanks for any bits of help

@Tim I don't think reading a docx file (zipped XML) this way will work ;) but OP should make it clear. — mozway, Dec 11 '21 at 07:01
You could convert it to a text file first https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5671988/how-to-extract-just-plain-text-from-doc-docx-files — hostingutilities.com, Dec 11 '21 at 07:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 11 '21 at 07:15

You can use the docx library to read the content of .docx files.

pip install python-docx

Adapting some code from here and combining with the code you posted I got:

import docx

def getText(filename):
    doc = docx.Document(filename)
    fullText = []
    for para in doc.paragraphs:
        fullText.append(para.text)
    return '\n'.join(fullText)

text = getText('Doc1.docx')

a = [int(s) for s in text.split() if s.isdigit()]

which worked for me with a simple test file - although you may need to adjust some parts depending on how you want the search for numbers to work.

python: find numbers in docx file and replace

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