Class TableObject

Represents an extracted table with structural information

Contains the data and metadata for a table extracted from a PDF document.

Provides convenient methods to access table data and structure.

Inheritance

System.Object

TableObject

Namespace: IronPdf.Extractions

Assembly: IronPdf.dll

Syntax

public class TableObject : Object

Constructors

TableObject()

Declaration

public TableObject()

Properties

BoundingBox

Bounding box of the table on the page

Represents the physical area occupied by the table.

Declaration

public  < 7  b56d8b3 - e75c - 452  b - af2b - e32243b44b60 > PdfRectangle BoundingBox { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
<7b56d8b3-e75c-452b-af2b-e32243b44b60>PdfRectangle

ColumnCount

Number of columns in the table

Declaration

public int ColumnCount { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

DataRows

List of data rows in the table

Contains all non-header rows in the table.

Declaration

public List<TableRow> DataRows { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<TableRow>

HasHeaders

Indicates whether the table has header rows

Declaration

public bool HasHeaders { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

HasSpans

Indicates whether the table contains merged cells (spans)

Declaration

public bool HasSpans { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

HeaderRows

List of header rows in the table

May be empty if the table has no headers.

Declaration

public List<TableRow> HeaderRows { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<TableRow>

PageNumber

Page number where the table was found (1-based)

Declaration

public int PageNumber { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

RowCount

Total number of rows in the table (headers + data)

Declaration

public int RowCount { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

TableId

Unique identifier for the table

Format: "table_{pageNumber}_{tableIndex}"

Declaration

public string TableId { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

TableIndexOnPage

Index of the table on the page (0-based)

Declaration

public int TableIndexOnPage { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

Methods

GetCell(Int32, Int32)

Gets a specific cell by row and column indices

Row and column indices are 0-based.

Declaration

public TableCell GetCell(int row, int col)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	row	Row index (0-based)
System.Int32	col	Column index (0-based)

Returns

Type	Description
TableCell	TableCell at the specified position

GetColumnHeaders()

Gets the column headers as a list of strings

Returns the text content of the first header row's cells.

Declaration

public List<string> GetColumnHeaders()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<System.String>	List of column header strings, or empty list if no headers

GetDataAsStrings()

Gets the table data as a list of lists of strings

Returns the text content of all data rows and their cells.

Declaration

public List<List<string>> GetDataAsStrings()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<System.Collections.Generic.List<System.String>>	List of rows, each containing a list of cell text strings

GetRow(Int32)

Gets a specific row by index

Index 0 refers to the first row, which may be a header or data row depending on the table structure.

Declaration

public TableRow GetRow(int rowIndex)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	rowIndex	Row index (0-based)

Returns

Type	Description
TableRow	TableRow at the specified index

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Thrown if the index is out of range

IsEmpty()

Checks if the table is empty

A table is considered empty if it has no rows or all cells in all rows are empty.

Declaration

public bool IsEmpty()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if the table is empty, false otherwise