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Get selected text in Script Box

MathStatChem — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:32:10 GMT

Does anyone know of a way with JSL to get the text and the line number(s) of selected text in a Script Box with JSL? E.g.

I want to return "Text 1 , " and {3,4}

Re: Get selected text in Script Box

jthi — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:44:38 GMT

I think you can do it (in basic cases) with combination of (note that cursor line starts from 0 and selection width can be negative)

<< Get Cursor Line;
<< Get Cursor Position;
<< Get Selection Width;
<< Get Line Text;
<< Get Lines;

Re: Get selected text in Script Box

MathStatChem — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:58:16 GMT

Thanks. Alas, this is only in JMP 19 and I only have JMP 18.

Re: Get selected text in Script Box

jthi — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:53:46 GMT

Yeah, JMP18 is more limited. When I created add-in for JSL Snippets (was "long" before JMP19 released) I had to use workaround in which I inputted specific string into the script box and then I would look for it and replace it with the snippet.