# Get number of columns and rows in tilemap
**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/get-number-of-columns-and-rows-in-tilemap/3752
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [October 3, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/get-number-of-columns-and-rows-in-tilemap/3752 "2020-10-03T10:52:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@cosmoscowboy](https://forum.makecode.com/u/cosmoscowboy)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/get-number-of-columns-and-rows-in-tilemap/3752/1 "2020-10-03T10:52:10Z")
Based on this question,
> [@Trying to find width of tilemap level](https://forum.makecode.com/t/trying-to-find-width-of-tilemap-level/1134/2):
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> @p3nguinc4g3 How dit you set the tileMapData into a variable? I am also curious to find out what the width and height is. There is a function, TileMapData.isOutsideMap(x, y), but I am not sure how to use it. Instead of defining a tile as the random location the sprite starts at, I want to place the sprite at the bottom and middle of the tilemap. Maybe the width and height of a tilemap works differently than the location of a tile. Maybe if you repost this issue under Arcade | Help, someone els…
I can make a tilemap to be a certain number of columns and rows, but once it’s made, I cannot see a block function to get those values. I have to remember what those values are for each tilemap and then find a location at col/row coordinates.
Knowing the number of columns and rows in block code, I could then place sprites within the timemap (bottom of tile map in the middle) such as
place [sprite] on top of (tilemap col( (_tilemap.columns % 2_ )) row (_tilemap.rows - 1_))
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### Author:  [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/get-number-of-columns-and-rows-in-tilemap/3752/2 "2020-10-03T11:29:51Z")
Are you talking about placing a Sprite onto one of those (col, row) coordinates?
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### Author:  [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/get-number-of-columns-and-rows-in-tilemap/3752/3 "2020-10-03T11:32:12Z")
This is the tilemap row and column where you can edit the space on how big you want the tilemap to be.
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### Author:  [@cosmoscowboy](https://forum.makecode.com/u/cosmoscowboy)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/get-number-of-columns-and-rows-in-tilemap/3752/4 "2020-10-03T11:51:14Z")
Exactly. I need to remember those values for each tilemap I make, and maybe even store that in a variable. I want to be able to call block code to get those values, so that if I change the tilemap, the, code such as:
let centerX = tilemap.width / 2
let centerY = tilemap.height / 2
Still works.
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### Author:  [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/get-number-of-columns-and-rows-in-tilemap/3752/5 "2020-10-03T11:53:07Z")
So you want to turn this as a function and still call those numbers?
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### Author:  [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/get-number-of-columns-and-rows-in-tilemap/3752/6 "2020-10-03T11:55:57Z")
You know like this?
You can always change the numbers on the function so you don’t have to remember as much number I think
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/get-number-of-columns-and-rows-in-tilemap/3752/7 "2020-10-03T14:44:57Z")
I think @cosmoscowboy wants to be able to get the width and height from his code, and not need to hard code the tilemap with and height in his code
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### Author:  [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/get-number-of-columns-and-rows-in-tilemap/3752/8 "2020-10-03T14:45:22Z")
oh. I was just trying to help
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### Author:  [@cosmoscowboy](https://forum.makecode.com/u/cosmoscowboy)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/get-number-of-columns-and-rows-in-tilemap/3752/9 "2020-10-03T14:45:55Z")
I like your idea of creating the function, but it is just the same as having called the original code of ‘place sprite on top of…’.
I am just curious to know if you can get the width/height of a tilemap in order to make decisions in code based on those values. Thanks for your help.
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### Author:  [@jwunderl](https://forum.makecode.com/u/jwunderl)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/get-number-of-columns-and-rows-in-tilemap/3752/10 "2020-10-04T22:21:02Z")
You’ll want to use the tilemaps extension for that:
Under the location group:
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### Author:  [@cosmoscowboy](https://forum.makecode.com/u/cosmoscowboy)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/get-number-of-columns-and-rows-in-tilemap/3752/11 "2020-10-05T00:30:16Z")
@jwunderl Thanks, I indeed came across that extension, it is very helpful.