line numbers
Text row identifiers
Line numbers are sequential markers identifying each line in a document or code file, displayed in a margin: The error is on line 47.
In programming, they help locate bugs and reference specific code during collaboration.
Older BASIC programs required line numbers as part of the syntax itself.
Word processors can display line numbers for legal documents or manuscripts where precise citation matters.
- citationMention of a source
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- paginationSequential numbering of sheets
- rowsSide-by-side sequences
- text fileUnformatted digital document
alignment · debugging · verse · index · pseudocode · stanza · poetry · compiler · subroutine · text · Pascal · runtime environment · instruction set · script · legacy code · old school · syntax · print statement
- numberingstudent IDs, license plates, postal codes, zip codes, area codes
- word processingword processor, WordPerfect, text editor, Microsoft Word, copy
- transit mapsstations, subway map, transit map, train map, transfers
- document formattingmargins, headers, footers, headings, subheadings
- BASIC programmingGOTO, REM, variables, loops, subroutines
- code editorsautocomplete, debugger, breakpoints, indentation, auto-indent