txt_locate_all

txt_locate_all(text, elements)

Find all occurrences of a text element (in case it appears multiple times).

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
text	str	A text string to search for elements within it.	required
elements	str \| list[str]	A string to lookup in text or a list of strings to find in text	required

Returns

Name	Type	Description
	List[TextSpan]	List of TextSpan objects with start/end positions

Examples

>>> text = "Hello world! This is a test find the a world in here."
>>> loc = txt_locate_all(text, "world")
>>> loc
[TextSpan(text='world', start=6, end=11), TextSpan(text='world', start=39, end=44)]
>>> loc = txt_locate_all(text, "notinthetext")
>>> loc
[]
>>> loc = txt_locate_all(text, ["test", "a", "world"])
>>> loc
[TextSpan(text='test', start=23, end=27), TextSpan(text='a', start=21, end=22), TextSpan(text='a', start=37, end=38), TextSpan(text='world', start=6, end=11), TextSpan(text='world', start=39, end=44)]