world.GetSelectionStartColumn

MUSHclient script function (Method) — introduced in version 3.18

Returns the starting column of the selection in the output window

Prototype

long GetSelectionStartColumn();

Data type meanings

Description

Returns the first column of the selected text in the output window (starting at 1).

If no selection, returns zero.

If you want to the current selection in the *command* window, use GetInfo(236) (first character) and GetInfo(237) (last character) instead.

VBscript example

world.note world.GetSelectionStartColumn

Jscript example

world.note (world.GetSelectionStartColumn ());

PerlScript example

$world->note ($world->GetSelectionStartColumn ());

Python example

world.note (world.GetSelectionStartColumn )

Lua example

Note (GetSelectionStartColumn ())

Return value

The number of the first column in the selection, or zero if no selection.
The first column is 1.

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