append_content method

append_content(source_section)

Inserts a copy of content of the source section at the end of this section.

def append_content(self, source_section: aspose.words.Section):
    ...

Parameter	Type	Description
source_section	Section	The section to copy content from.

Remarks

Only content of Section.body of the source section is copied, page setup, headers and footers are not copied.

The nodes are automatically imported if the source section belongs to a different document.

No new section is created in the destination document.

Examples

Shows how to append the contents of a section to another section.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc=doc)
builder.write('Section 1')
builder.insert_break(aw.BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_NEW_PAGE)
builder.write('Section 2')
builder.insert_break(aw.BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_NEW_PAGE)
builder.write('Section 3')
section = doc.sections[2]
self.assertEqual('Section 3' + aw.ControlChar.SECTION_BREAK, section.get_text())
# Insert the contents of the first section to the beginning of the third section.
section_to_prepend = doc.sections[0]
section.prepend_content(section_to_prepend)
# Insert the contents of the second section to the end of the third section.
section_to_append = doc.sections[1]
section.append_content(section_to_append)
# The "PrependContent" and "AppendContent" methods did not create any new sections.
self.assertEqual(3, doc.sections.count)
self.assertEqual('Section 1' + aw.ControlChar.PARAGRAPH_BREAK + 'Section 3' + aw.ControlChar.PARAGRAPH_BREAK + 'Section 2' + aw.ControlChar.SECTION_BREAK, section.get_text())

See Also

• module aspose.words
• class Section