from docx import Document
from docx.document import Document as _Document
from docx.oxml.text.paragraph import CT_P
from docx.oxml.table import CT_Tbl
from docx.table import _Cell, Table
from docx.text.paragraph import Paragraph
def iter_block_items(parent):
"""
Generate a reference to each paragraph and table child within *parent*,
in document order. Each returned value is an instance of either Table or
Paragraph. *parent* would most commonly be a reference to a main
Document object, but also works for a _Cell object, which itself can
contain paragraphs and tables.
"""
if isinstance(parent, _Document):
parent_elm = parent.element.body
elif isinstance(parent, _Cell):
parent_elm = parent._tc
elif isinstance(parent, _Row):
parent_elm = parent._tr
else:
raise ValueError("something's not right")
for child in parent_elm.iterchildren():
if isinstance(child, CT_P):
yield Paragraph(child, parent)
elif isinstance(child, CT_Tbl):
yield Table(child, parent)
document = Document('test.docx')
for block in iter_block_items(document):
#print(block.text if isinstance(block, Paragraph) else '<table>')
if isinstance(block, Paragraph):
print(block.text)
elif isinstance(block, Table):
for row in block.rows:
row_data = []
for cell in row.cells:
for paragraph in cell.paragraphs:
row_data.append(paragraph.text)
print("\t".join(row_data))