.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: EdGetLineFromPos

.. _edgetlinefrompos:

EdGetLineFromPos
================

.. us.tag  EdGetLineFromPos EdGet New400

:ref:`EdGetLineFromPos` returns the line number for the given position.

.. function::  nLine = EdGetLineFromPos(hEdit, nPos)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*nLine* is the line number.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: hEdit

   Identifies the editor.

.. uparam:: nPos

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

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-editors`,
   :ref:`EdGetPosFromLine`,
   :ref:`EdGetCurrentPos`,
   :ref:`EdGetCursorPos`

:sub:`id-1393186`