Function: ebound

Syntax

ebound (<elist> {,<group>})

Type

epointer

Returns

The polygon entity which encloses a given entity or entities. If no enclosing entity is found, null is returned.

Parameters

• <elist>
  An entity expression yielding an entity or group of entities whose enclosing polygon is to be found.

• <group>
  A group to be searched for the enclosing polygon. If this is omitted, the all group is searched.

Notes

If the entities in <elist> are enclosed by more than one polygon, the polygon with the smallest minimum bounding rectangle (mbr) is returned.

Examples

Searches the group mygroup for the polygon which encloses the entity myent.

epointer ep = ebound(myent,mygroup)

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