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# NSTextTableBlock

A text block that appears as a cell in a text table.

```
class NSTextTableBlock
```

## Topics

### Creation

[`init(table:startingRow:rowSpan:startingColumn:columnSpan:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextTableBlock/init(table:startingRow:rowSpan:startingColumn:columnSpan:))

Returns an initialized text table block.

### Getting the block’s enclosing table

[`table`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextTableBlock/table)

Returns the table containing this text table block.

### Getting information about the block’s position in its enclosing table

[`startingRow`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextTableBlock/startingRow)

Returns the table row at which this text table block starts.

[`rowSpan`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextTableBlock/rowSpan)

Returns the number of table rows spanned by this text table block.

[`startingColumn`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextTableBlock/startingColumn)

Returns the table column at which this text table block starts.

[`columnSpan`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextTableBlock/columnSpan)

Returns the number of table columns spanned by this text table block.


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