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Search

Searches for a scope of a content control object. The search results are a collection of ApiRange objects.

Syntax

expression.Search(text, isMatchCase);

expression - A variable that represents a ApiBlockLvlSdt class.

Parameters

NameRequired/OptionalData typeDefaultDescription
textRequiredstringSearch string.
isMatchCaseRequiredbooleanCase sensitive or not.

Returns

ApiRange[]

Example

Make a search in the content control object in a document.

// Create a block content control, add two paragraphs to it, and search for the specified word among the text in this container in a document.

// Search for the specified word in the block level content control and return it as the range object.

let doc = Api.GetDocument();
let blockLvlSdt = Api.CreateBlockLvlSdt();
let paragraph1 = Api.CreateParagraph();
paragraph1.AddText("This is the first paragraph in the content control.");
blockLvlSdt.AddElement(paragraph1, 0);
let paragraph2 = Api.CreateParagraph();
paragraph2.AddText("This is the second paragraph in the content control.");
blockLvlSdt.AddElement(paragraph2, 1);
doc.AddElement(0, blockLvlSdt);
blockLvlSdt.Search("paragraph")[1].SetBold(true);