Extracting test scores from a PDF

[Paul Dupuis]

On 8/17/2024 12:24 PM, Charles Szasz via use-livecode wrote:
> I came a web app that can extract test scores from a PDF and insert them into an app.  Can LC do the same thing?
>

I assume you mean can a programmer write an app in Livecode to extract 
test scores from a PDF and do something with them.

If the PDF has the test scores as text in the PDF (vs just a scanned 
image), then, yes, you can make a Livecode app that uses the PDF widget 
to open the PDF and retrieve the text from it and then parse that text 
for the test scores. If there is a routine pattern to the how the test 
scores appear, it will be easier to parse the text.