Seeing if text is in a document or not

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Hi there,

Is there a way to see if a text file contains specific text?

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Hello there! Yes!

After reading the document, you can use either YourVariable.contains(“Valuebeingsearchedfor” put it in an if condition then you are good to go :slight_smile:

or you can use regular expressions also

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Thanks for your response! But is there another way to do it without using a variable? btw I am working with a word document if that makes any difference.

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Hello @Evan123, to check if a document contains a keyword or a search term, you need to read that document and when you read it, you need to store it in a variable.

Now that you’ve created a variable with the contents of the word file, you can use .contains() method to search. This will return a boolean so, you can use this in an if condition or a flow decision.

You can also go with Regular Expressions as suggested by @seanrockvz13.

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Hi @Evan123, May i check why you don’t want to use any variable?

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Simply because I’m not that comfortable with UIPath yet, and if I can use an activity that simply lets me select a file and see if text is in it or not that makes my life easier. Although using a variable may be the most efficient way to do it, I’m looking for the easiest.

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@Evan123 - Are you looking something like this…

After installing Word Package I have tried something like below…

Note: Since I did not find Search activity, I have used Replace and replaced the same text so that the document will not be impacted.

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Another Option would be using UI Automation to send HotKey/Keyboard Shortcuts to send Ctrl F and Type into the searh text you are looking for…in this way also you dont have to use any code…

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Thanks for this, I’ll give those activities a shot. I actually tried using the send hotkey shortcuts, but the problem with that I ran into, is I don’t know how to give myself a sucess/failure message based of the result of the ctrlF searches…

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@Evan123 - Sure…After the Ctrl F , you have to Get Text activity to read the result. in this way, you can make sure whether the searched string is found or not…

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If you dont get the above text, it means the searched text is found.