vault-link/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/utils/position-to-line-and-column.ts

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/**
* Converts a character position in text to line and column numbers.
*
* @param text The text content to analyze
* @param position The character position to convert
* @returns An object containing line and column numbers (0-based index for line, 1-based index for column)
* @throws Will throw an error if the position is negative or exceeds the text length
*/
export function positionToLineAndColumn(
text: string,
position: number
): { line: number; column: number } {
if (position < 0) {
throw new Error("Position cannot be negative");
}
if (position > text.length) {
throw new Error(
`Position ${position} exceeds text length ${text.length}`
);
}
const textUpToPosition = text.substring(0, position);
const lines = textUpToPosition.split("\n");
const line = lines.length - 1; // 0-based index
const column = lines[lines.length - 1].length + 1; // 1-based index
return { line, column };
}