Extracts all lines below or above the anchor line on the current page if:

The anchor line's left and right boundaries ("x extent") contain the target lines' x extent, or vice versa.

Or:
The anchor line and target lines overlap by at least 50% of the narrower line's x extent.

Parameters

key	values	description
id (required)	`column`
tiebreaker	tiebreaker	For information about this global parameter, see Method.
includeAnchor	`true`, `false`. default: false	Includes the anchor line in the method output
position	`below`, `above`. default: `below`	Matches above or below the anchor line. For example, if you anchor on the bottom line of a column, set this to `above` to extract the column.

Examples

The following example shows that:

By default, Sensible returns the entire column as a joined string.
Specifying a tiebreaker returns single element in the column.

Config

{
  "fields": [
    {
      "id": "example_column",
      "anchor": "may 2020",
      "type": "string",
      "method": {
        "id": "column"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "example_column_2",
      "anchor": "may 2020",
      "type":"number",
      "method": {
        "id": "column",
        "tiebreaker": ">"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Example document
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Output

{
  "example_column": {
    "type": "string",
    "value": "1 3 2 4 5"
  },
  "example_column_2": {
    "source": "5",
    "value": 5,
    "type": "number"
  }
}