region

The region object defines a sub-section of the input data. Its properties vary according to the type of data.

This object is available when triggering document boundaries On script; see Setting boundaries using JavaScript.

Properties and methods

The following table describes the properties and methods of the region object. This object is available in Boundaries scripts, with all file types.

Property/method	Description	Return Type
found	Field that contains a boolean value indicating if the last call to `boundaries.find()` was successful. Since the `find()` method always returns a region, regardless of search results, it is necessary to examine the value of `found` to determine the actual result of the operation.	Boolean
range	Read-only object containing the physical coordinates of the region.	Physical location of the region: x1 (left), y1 (top), x2 (right), y2 (bottom), expressed in characters for a text file or in millimeters for a PDF file. For a CSV file, it is the name of the column that defines the region.
createRegion()	Creates a `region` by setting the physical coordinates of the region object.	A `region` that has the specified coordinates.