StringScanner.GetLineNumber Function

Syntax

Line_Number as N = GetLineNumber as N()

Arguments

Line_Number: The line number that contains the current offset into the buffer.

Description

Determine which line we are one.

Discussion

The <StringScanner>.GetLineNumber() function returns the line number that contains the current offset into the StringScanner buffer. Lines are defined by CR-LF.

Example

dim scanner as StringScanner
dim txt as C
txt = <<%text%
This is line one
and this is line two
and finally line three
%text%
scanner = stringscanner.Create(txt)
? scanner.ScanOver(24)
= This is line one
and th
? scanner.GetLineNumber(2)
= 2