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How to: Loop Through Found Items in Documents

Note
Some code examples in this topic use the this or Me keyword or the `Globals` class in a way that is specific to document-level customizations, or they rely on features of document-level customizations such as host controls. These examples can be compiled only if you have the required applications installed. For more information, see Features Available by Product Combination.

The Find object has a Found property, which returns True whenever a searched-for item is found. You can loop through all instances found in a Range using the Execute method. You can make use of this in your code, as shown in the following example.

To loop through found items

Declare a Range object.

Visual Basic

Dim rng As Word.Range = Me.Content

Word.Range rng = this.Content;

Use the Found property in a loop to search for all occurrences of the string in the document, and increment an integer variable by 1 each time the string is found.

Visual Basic

rng.Find.ClearFormatting()
rng.Find.Forward = True
rng.Find.Text = "find me"

rng.Find.Execute()

Do While rng.Find.Found = True
    intFound += 1
    rng.Find.Execute()
Loop

rng.Find.ClearFormatting(); 
rng.Find.Forward = true; 
rng.Find.Text = "find me"; 

rng.Find.Execute(
    ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, 
    ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
    ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);

while (rng.Find.Found) 
{ 
    intFound++;
    rng.Find.Execute(
        ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, 
        ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
        ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);
}

Display the number of times the string was found in a MessageBox.

Visual Basic

MessageBox.Show("Strings found: " & intFound.ToString())

MessageBox.Show("Strings found: " + intFound.ToString());

The following example shows the complete method.

Example

Visual Basic

Private Sub FindLoop()
    Dim intFound As Integer = 0
    Dim rng As Word.Range = Me.Content

    rng.Find.ClearFormatting()
    rng.Find.Forward = True
    rng.Find.Text = "find me"

    rng.Find.Execute()

    Do While rng.Find.Found = True
        intFound += 1
        rng.Find.Execute()
    Loop

    MessageBox.Show("Strings found: " & intFound.ToString())
End Sub

private void FindLoop() 
{ 
    int intFound = 0; 
    Word.Range rng = this.Content; 

    rng.Find.ClearFormatting(); 
    rng.Find.Forward = true; 
    rng.Find.Text = "find me"; 

    rng.Find.Execute(
        ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, 
        ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
        ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);

    while (rng.Find.Found) 
    { 
        intFound++;
        rng.Find.Execute(
            ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, 
            ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
            ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);
    } 

    MessageBox.Show("Strings found: " + intFound.ToString()); 
}

To loop through found items

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