.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: EdGetPosFromLine

.. _edgetposfromline:

EdGetPosFromLine
================

.. us.tag  EdGetPosFromLine EdGet New400

:ref:`EdGetPosFromLine` returns the position of the given line. The position
is the number of characters from the beginning of the file.

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

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*nPos* is the position of the first character of the given line.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: hEdit

   Identifies the editor.

.. uparam:: nLine

   *nLine*.

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

:sub:`id-1084754`