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# QModelIndex Class Reference
[QtCore module]

The QModelIndex class is used to locate data in a data model. More...

### Methods

- __init__ (self)
- __init__ (self, QModelIndex other)
- __init__ (self, QPersistentModelIndex)
- QModelIndex child (self, int arow, int acolumn)
- int column (self)
- QVariant data (self, int arole = Qt.DisplayRole)
- Qt.ItemFlags flags (self)
- long internalId (self)
- object internalPointer (self)
- bool isValid (self)
- QAbstractItemModel model (self)
- QModelIndex parent (self)
- int row (self)
- QModelIndex sibling (self, int arow, int acolumn)

### Special Methods

- bool __eq__ (self, QModelIndex other)
- bool __lt__ (self, QModelIndex other)
- bool __ne__ (self, QModelIndex other)

## Detailed Description

The QModelIndex class is used to locate data in a data model.

This class is used as an index into item models derived from QAbstractItemModel. The index is used by item views, delegates, and selection models to locate an item in the model.

New QModelIndex objects are created by the model using the QAbstractItemModel.createIndex() function. An invalid model index can be constructed with the QModelIndex constructor. Invalid indexes are often used as parent indexes when referring to top-level items in a model.

Model indexes refer to items in models, and contain all the information required to specify their locations in those models. Each index is located in a given row and column, and may have a parent index; use row(), column(), and parent() to obtain this information. Each top-level item in a model is represented by a model index that does not have a parent index - in this case, parent() will return an invalid model index, equivalent to an index constructed with the zero argument form of the QModelIndex() constructor.

To obtain a model index that refers to an existing item in a model, call QAbstractItemModel.index() with the required row and column values, and the model index of the parent. When referring to top-level items in a model, supply QModelIndex() as the parent index.

The model() function returns the model that the index references as a QAbstractItemModel. The child() function is used to examine the items held beneath the index in the model. The sibling() function allows you to traverse items in the model on the same level as the index.

Model indexes can become invalid over time so they should be used immediately and then discarded. If you need to keep a model index over time use a QPersistentModelIndex.

See also Model/View Programming, QPersistentModelIndex, and QAbstractItemModel.

## Method Documentation

### QModelIndex.__init__ (self)

Creates a new empty model index. This type of model index is used to indicate that the position in the model is invalid.

See also isValid() and QAbstractItemModel.

### QModelIndex.__init__ (self, QModelIndex other)

Creates a new model index that is a copy of the other model index.

### QModelIndex.__init__ (self, QPersistentModelIndex)

### QModelIndex QModelIndex.child (self, int arow, int acolumn)

Returns the child of the model index that is stored in the given row and column.

See also parent() and sibling().

### int QModelIndex.column (self)

Returns the column this model index refers to.

### QVariant QModelIndex.data (self, int arole = Qt.DisplayRole)

Returns the data for the given role for the item referred to by the index.

### Qt.ItemFlags QModelIndex.flags (self)

Returns the flags for the item referred to by the index.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.2.

### long QModelIndex.internalId (self)

Returns a `long` used by the model to associate the index with the internal data structure.

See also QAbstractItemModel.createIndex().

### object QModelIndex.internalPointer (self)

Returns a `void` `*` pointer used by the model to associate the index with the internal data structure.

See also QAbstractItemModel.createIndex().

### bool QModelIndex.isValid (self)

Returns true if this model index is valid; otherwise returns false. A valid index belongs to a model, and has non-negative row and column numbers.

See also model(), row(), and column().

### QAbstractItemModel QModelIndex.model (self)

Returns a pointer to the model containing the item that this index refers to.

### QModelIndex QModelIndex.parent (self)

Returns the parent of the model index, or QModelIndex() if it has no parent.

See also child(), sibling(), and model().

### int QModelIndex.row (self)

Returns the row this model index refers to.

### QModelIndex QModelIndex.sibling (self, int arow, int acolumn)

Returns the sibling at row and column or an invalid QModelIndex if there is no sibling at this position.

See also parent() and child().

### bool QModelIndex.__eq__ (self, QModelIndex other)

### bool QModelIndex.__lt__ (self, QModelIndex other)

### bool QModelIndex.__ne__ (self, QModelIndex other)