.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: GridGetSelection

.. _gridgetselection:

GridGetSelection
================

.. us.tag  GridGetSelection NOTREADYENGLISH New330 GridSel

:ref:`GridGetSelection` retrieves the current selection.

.. function::  rmSelection = GridGetSelection()

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*rmSelection* is matrix with four columns. 

Each matrix row contains one selection range: 

Col1: First selected column, Col2: First selected row, Col3: Last selected
column, Col4: Last selected row. 

Column and row numbering starts with 1. 

If one of the values is 0 the entire row or column is selected.

.. 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-file-browser`,
   :ref:`overview-netcdf-files`,
   :ref:`GridSetSelection`

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