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getText

Get contents of line range

Since R2022b

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    Syntax

    text = getText(lr)

    Description

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    text = getText(lr) returns the text contents of the line range lr.

    Examples

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    Open Live Script

    This example shows how to modify line numbers for an slreq.TextRange object.

    Open the myAdd code file.

    file = "myAdd.m";
open(file);

    Get the slreq.TextRange object associated with the third line in the myAdd function.

    cr = slreq.getTextRange(file,3);

    Get the line numbers associated with the slreq.TextRange object.

    lines = getLineRange(cr)
    lines = 1×2

     3     3

    Associate the slreq.TextRange object with the function definition line.

    setLineRange(cr,1)

    Confirm that the slreq.TextRange object is associated with the function definition line by getting the text contents of the line range.

    text = getText(cr)
    text = 
'function y = myAdd(u,v)'

    Input Arguments

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    Line range, specified as an slreq.TextRange object.

    Output Arguments

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    Text contents of the code range object, returned as a character array.

    Version History

    Introduced in R2022b

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