How to Search for a string pattern in a MS Word doc using python

[yorlina007]

Hi All,

I have been trying to read word doc and search for a particluar string pattern using python.I have used the py32win API .

I am succesfull till opening the file like

import win32com.client
word = win32com.client .Dispatch('Word .Application')
f = word.Documents. Open("<filename >.doc")

I am not sure how to proceed further reading each line and compare for the pattern.

If anyone has any idea , plz respond ...

Thanks in advance.
Anil.

[bvdet]

You don't have to open the word document to search for a string. For example, to find email addresses in a word document:[code=Python]import re

fn = 'sample.doc'
fStr = open(fn, 'rb').read()
patt = re.compile(r'\b[a-zA-Z0-9.]+@[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[a-z]{3}\b')
print patt.findall(fS tr)[/code]