CURRENT_COLUMN Returns an integer identifying the current column of the cursor on the screen. This does not reflect any movement of the current position that has occurred within a procedure in which CURRENT_COLUMN is used unless the built-in UPDATE (window) precedes it. Syntax integer := CURRENT_COLUMN Examples 1. my_cur_col := CURRENT_COLUMN; Stores in the variable MY_CUR_COL the integer for the column position of the cursor on the screen. 2. MESSAGE (STR (CURRENT_COLUMN)); Combines three DECTPU built-ins: CURRENT_COLUMN returns the integer for the current column position; STR converts the integer to a string; and MESSAGE writes this string to the message buffer. Related topics CURRENT_OFFSET CURRENT_ROW UPDATE