vault-link/frontend/sync-client/src/utils/line-and-column-to-position.ts

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/**
* Converts line and column coordinates to an absolute character position in a text string.
*
* @param line - The zero-based line number
* @param column - The zero-based column number
* @param text - The text string to calculate position in
* @returns The absolute character position (zero-based index) in the text string
* @throws Error if line number is out of range
* @throws Error if column number is out of range
*/
export function lineAndColumnToPosition(
text: string,
line: number,
column: number
): number {
const lines = text.replaceAll("\r", "").split("\n");
if (line >= lines.length) {
throw new Error(`Line number ${line} is out of range.`);
}
if (column > lines[line].length) {
throw new Error(`Column number ${column} is out of range.`);
}
let position = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < line; i++) {
position += lines[i].length + 1;
}
position += column;
return position;
}