Named Entity Recognition 26.3
Named Entity Recognition User and Programming Guide

# getComponent

The `getComponent` method returns a specified component object. The components are zero-indexed. For example, if you have six components, you can get the last component by using `edkmatch:getComponent(5)`.

## Syntax

`edkmatch:getComponent(index)`

## Arguments

Argument | Description
--- | ---
`index` | The number of the component to get (where the first component has the index zero).

## Returns

The component object at the specified index position in the match.

Related Topics

- getName
- setName
- getText
- setText

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Named Entity Recognition 26.3

Topic Title: getComponent