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pdf-reader extract characters
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characters.rb
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'pdf/reader'
PDF::Reader.open("foo.pdf") do |pdf|
pdf.pages.each do |page|
receiver = PDF::Reader::PageTextReceiver.new
page.walk(receiver)
characters = receiver.instance_variable_get("@characters")
puts characters.inspect
end
end
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