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# init(table:startingRow:rowSpan:startingColumn:columnSpan:)

Returns an initialized text table block.

```
init(table: NSTextTable, startingRow row: Int, rowSpan: Int, startingColumn column: Int, columnSpan: Int)
```

## Parameters

`table`

The text table containing this text table block.

`row`

The table row at which the text table block starts.

`rowSpan`

How many rows the text table block covers.

`column`

The table column at which the text table block starts.

`columnSpan`

How many columns the text table block covers.

## Discussion

This is the designated initializer.

## See Also

[`NSTextTable`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextTable)

An object that represents a text table as a whole.


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