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PreviousCell
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PreviousCell

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returns the CellObject corresponding to the cell directly above the currently evaluating cell.

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PreviousCell[cellobj]

starts looking from the given cell.

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starts looking from the topmost selected item.

Details and Options

  • The evaluation of PreviousCell will not result in the selection or insertion point's changing position.
  • If the requested cell is not available or the top of the notebook is reached, PreviousCell will return None.
  • PreviousCell can return the first cell before the reference point that matches given criteria by specifying one or more of the following options:
  • CellIDcell IDs to match
    CellLabelIn/Out label strings to match
    CellStylenamed cell styles to match
    CellTagscell tags to match
    Evaluatorcells that match the specified evaluator
    GeneratedCellmatch only generated output cells if True, or only non-generated cells if False
  • PreviousCell[cellobj] of an inline cell will return the previous inline cell in the same cell. PreviousCell[NotebookSelection[nbobj]] will always return the previous regular cell, regardless of whether an inline cell is presently selected.

Examples

Basic Examples  (3)Summary of the most common use cases

Get the CellObject for the previous cell:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0enyoc352-pxboqg
Out[1]=1

Read this caption cell into the kernel:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0enyoc352-jtcoiy
Out[1]=1

There are no "Section" style cells above this point in this notebook:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0enyoc352-y6zgjy
Out[1]=1
In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0enyoc352-c8hycb
Out[2]=2
Wolfram Research (2014), PreviousCell, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PreviousCell.html (updated 2020).
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Wolfram Research (2014), PreviousCell, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PreviousCell.html (updated 2020).

Text

Wolfram Research (2014), PreviousCell, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PreviousCell.html (updated 2020).

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Wolfram Research (2014), PreviousCell, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PreviousCell.html (updated 2020).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2014. "PreviousCell." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PreviousCell.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2014. "PreviousCell." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PreviousCell.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). PreviousCell. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PreviousCell.html

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Wolfram Language. (2014). PreviousCell. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PreviousCell.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_previouscell, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PreviousCell}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PreviousCell.html}", note=[Accessed: 27-April-2025 ]}

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_previouscell, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PreviousCell}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PreviousCell.html}", note=[Accessed: 27-April-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_previouscell, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PreviousCell}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PreviousCell.html}, note=[Accessed: 27-April-2025 ]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_previouscell, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PreviousCell}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PreviousCell.html}, note=[Accessed: 27-April-2025 ]}