Select a word by cursor and get its position in Qt/C++ -

i have small qt/c++ application qtextedit uploads text. want able select separate word cursor , position in text.

for example, in following sentence: "it sunny day". if select word 'sunny', int 4, placed @ 4th position in sentence.

how can achieve that?

you'll have :

1. get field's text qstring using qtextedit::text() method

2. use qtextedit.textcursor()->selectionend() know selection ends.

3. use qstring::mid substring 0 end of selection

4. use qstring::count know how many spaces contains. give access word's position.

something like:

textedit.text().mid( 0, textedit.textcursor()->selectionend() ).count( ' ' )+1; 

hope helps. that's minimal, you'll want deal partial word selection or others relevant corner case.