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cellspacing="0" class="subtitle"> <tr> <td class="subtitle" colspan="2">Methods' Summary</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imsum_left"><a href="#compareRegionStarts">compareRegionStarts</a></td> <td class="imsum_right"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imsum_left"><a href="#compareRegionEnds">compareRegionEnds</a></td> <td class="imsum_right"> </td> </tr> </table> <a name="MethodsDetails"/><table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="subtitle"> <tr> <td class="subtitle">Methods' Details</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imdetail"><a name="compareRegionStarts" class="membertitle">compareRegionStarts</a><table border="0" width="96%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="table-in-method" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"> <tr> <td><table class="table-in-method" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3">short</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>compareRegionStarts</b>(</td> <td valign="top">[in] <a href="XTextRange.html">XTextRange</a></td> <td valign="bottom"> xR1,</td> </tr> <tr> <td/><td valign="top">[in] <a href="XTextRange.html">XTextRange</a></td> <td valign="bottom"> xR2 )</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right">raises( </td> <td valign="top" colspan="2">::com::sun::star::<a href="../lang/module-ix.html">lang</a>::<a href="../lang/IllegalArgumentException.html">IllegalArgumentException</a> );</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <dl> <dt><b>Returns</b></dt> <dd>1 if <var>xR1</var> starts before <var>xR2</var>, 0 if <var>xR1</var> starts at the same position as <var>xR2</var> and -1 if <var>xR1</var> starts behind <var>xR2</var>. </dd> <dt><b>Throws</b></dt> <dd>com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException if either <var>xR1</var> or <var>xR2</var> is not within this text. </dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imdetail"><a name="compareRegionEnds" class="membertitle">compareRegionEnds</a><table border="0" width="96%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="table-in-method" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"> <tr> <td><table class="table-in-method" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3">short</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>compareRegionEnds</b>(</td> <td valign="top">[in] <a href="XTextRange.html">XTextRange</a></td> <td valign="bottom"> xR1,</td> </tr> <tr> <td/><td valign="top">[in] <a href="XTextRange.html">XTextRange</a></td> <td valign="bottom"> xR2 )</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right">raises( </td> <td valign="top" colspan="2">::com::sun::star::<a href="../lang/module-ix.html">lang</a>::<a href="../lang/IllegalArgumentException.html">IllegalArgumentException</a> );</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <dl> <dt><b>Returns</b></dt> <dd>1, if <var>xR1</var> ends before <var>xR2</var>, 0, if <var>xR1</var> ends at the same position as <var>xR2</var> and -1, if <var>xR1</var> ends behind <var>xR2</var>. </dd> <dt><b>Throws</b></dt> <dd>com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException if either <var>xR1</var> or <var>xR2</var> is not within this text. </dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> 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