clear method

clear()

Removes all nodes from this collection and from the document.

def clear(self):
    ...

Examples

Shows how to remove all sections from a document.

doc = aw.Document(file_name=MY_DIR + 'Document.docx')
# This document has one section with a few child nodes containing and displaying all the document's contents.
self.assertEqual(1, doc.sections.count)
self.assertEqual(17, doc.sections[0].get_child_nodes(aw.NodeType.ANY, True).count)
self.assertEqual('Hello World!\r\rHello Word!\r\r\rHello World!', doc.get_text().strip())
# Clear the collection of sections, which will remove all of the document's children.
doc.sections.clear()
self.assertEqual(0, doc.get_child_nodes(aw.NodeType.ANY, True).count)
self.assertEqual('', doc.get_text().strip())

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