# FarPoint.Win.SuperEdit.IManageFmtInput.GetFormatStringAtPos

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<h1 id="FarPoint_Win_SuperEdit_IManageFmtInput_GetFormatStringAtPos_" data-uid="FarPoint.Win.SuperEdit.IManageFmtInput.GetFormatStringAtPos*">GetFormatStringAtPos Method
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<h4 id="FarPoint_Win_SuperEdit_IManageFmtInput_GetFormatStringAtPos_System_String_System_Int32_" data-uid="FarPoint.Win.SuperEdit.IManageFmtInput.GetFormatStringAtPos(System.String,System.Int32)">GetFormatStringAtPos(string, int)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Returns the format string for the field at the specified
position in the given text.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">string GetFormatStringAtPos(string currText, int position)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Function GetFormatStringAtPos(currText As String, position As Integer) As String</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <th>Type</th>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">currText</span></td>
      <td><p>Current text string</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">position</span></td>
      <td><p>Position index</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></td>
      <td><p>The format string for the field at the specified position.</p>
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<h5 id="FarPoint_Win_SuperEdit_IManageFmtInput_GetFormatStringAtPos_System_String_System_Int32__remarks">Remarks</h5>
<div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>Example: Format String: &quot;d/mm/yy&quot;, currText: &quot;25/12/02&quot;
position: 3.  This method will return &quot;mm&quot;.
Returns &quot;&quot; if bad position.  If at a literal position,
then the char at that position, preceded with a backslash,
is returned (&quot;\c&quot; where 'c' is the actual char).</p>
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