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lineto(3,3) %Draw second line

lineto(1,3) %Draw third line

closepath() %Close shape

stroke() %Draw shape

Region (function)

Returns an array of strings, containing the text found inside left-top, right-bottom coordinates.

Note: This function only works in Windows Printing or Optimized PostScript Stream. If used in printer centric mode, it will

return an empty string.

Syntax

region(left, top, right, bottom) array of strings

Argument

left,top,right,bottom

Measure values specifying the coordinates, in inches or centimeters, for the area on which to read the data in the current data

page.

Note that since this function returns an array of string, using region to display data on a page does not make much sense; for

better results, consider using regionline().

Code Sample Example

This example illustrates how to assign data from the current data page to a array of strings variable by using the region() com-

mand. Then, a for() loop is used to show every item in the array of strings &detailarray, followed by a carriage return.

Example

define(&detailarray, arraystring, region(1.92,3.53,4.65,4.39))

define(&i, integer, 0)

for(&i, 0, 1, Length(&detailarray)-1)

show(&detailarray[&i])

crlf()

endfor()