.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: GridGetColCount

.. _gridgetcolcount:

GridGetColCount
===============

.. us.tag  GridGetColCount NOTREADYENGLISH New330 Grid

:ref:`GridGetColCount` returns the number of columns or in case of an error -1.

.. function::  nCols = GridGetColCount()

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*nCols* is the number of columns displayed in the data grid.

.. us.comment

**Comment**

All functions starting with ``Grid`` access the data browser.
If the browser dialog isn't open, these functions return an invalid value.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-netcdf-browser`,
   :ref:`overview-netcdf-files`

:sub:`id-1047171`