---
title: startColumn
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: foundation/nsattributedstringmarkdownsourceposition/startcolumn
---

# startColumn

The column where the text begins in the Markdown source.

## Declaration

```occ
@property (readonly) NSInteger startColumn;
```

## Discussion

Discussion This property uses 1-based counting. Columns represent UTF-8 indices; for multi-byte characters, the column indicates the first byte.

## See Also

### Getting Markdown Source Position Properties

- [startLine](foundation/nsattributedstringmarkdownsourceposition/startline.md)
- [endLine](foundation/nsattributedstringmarkdownsourceposition/endline.md)
- [endColumn](foundation/nsattributedstringmarkdownsourceposition/endcolumn.md)