Name
pdf.GetBoundedText -- get text within bounding rectangle (V1.1)
Synopsis
t$ = pdf.GetBoundedText(id, page, left, top, right, bottom)
Function
This function can be used to extract the text that is within the bounding rectangle specified by left, top, right, and bottom from a page. If there is no text within the specified bounding rectangle, an empty string is returned.

The page to use must be specified in the page argument. It must be a number in the range of 1 to the total number of pages in the document and the page must have been previously loaded using pdf.LoadPage() with the text argument set to True. The PDF document specified by id must have been previously opened using pdf.OpenDocument().

Inputs
id
identifier of the PDF document to use
page
page number to use (starting from 1)
left
left boundary
top
top boundary
right
right boundary
bottom
bottom boundary
Results
t$
the text within the bounding rectangle
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