# GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.IRange.Characters

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_Spreadsheet_IRange_Characters_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.IRange.Characters*">Characters Method
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<h4 id="GrapeCity_Spreadsheet_IRange_Characters_System_Int32_System_Int32_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.IRange.Characters(System.Int32,System.Int32)">Characters(int, int)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets an <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.ICharacters.html">ICharacters</a> object that represents a range of characters within the object text.
You can use the <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.ICharacters.html">ICharacters</a> object to format characters within a text string.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">ICharacters Characters(int start = 0, int length = -1)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Function Characters(Optional start As Integer = 0, Optional length As Integer = -1) As ICharacters</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">start</span></td>
      <td><p>The first character to be returned. If this argument is omitted, this property returns a range of characters starting with the first character.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">length</span></td>
      <td><p>The number of characters to be returned. If this argument is omitted, this property returns the remainder of the string (everything after the <code class="paramref">start</code> character).</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.ICharacters.html">ICharacters</a></td>
      <td><p>An <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Spreadsheet.ICharacters.html">ICharacters</a> object.</p>
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