.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: EdGetCurrentPos

.. _edgetcurrentpos:

EdGetCurrentPos
===============

.. us.tag  EdGetCurrentPos EdGet New400

:ref:`EdGetCurrentPos` returns the cursor position in characters from the 
beginning of the file.

.. function::  nPos = EdGetCurrentPos(hEdit)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*nPos* is the number of characters from the beginning of the file.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: hEdit

   Identifies the editor.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-editors`,
   :ref:`EdGetCursorPos`,
   :ref:`EdGotoPos`

:sub:`id-675002`