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GetChars
interface GetChars : CharSequence
Known Direct Subclasses
| AlteredCharSequence |
An AlteredCharSequence is a CharSequence that is largely mirrored from another CharSequence, except that a specified range of characters are mirrored from a different char array instead.
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| Editable |
This is the interface for text whose content and markup can be changed (as opposed to immutable text like Strings).
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| SpannableString |
This is the class for text whose content is immutable but to which markup objects can be attached and detached.
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| SpannableStringBuilder |
This is the class for text whose content and markup can both be changed.
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| SpannedString |
This is the class for text whose content and markup are immutable.
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Known Indirect Subclasses
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Please implement this interface if your CharSequence has a getChars() method like the one in String that is faster than calling charAt() multiple times.
Summary
| Public methods |
| abstract Unit |
Exactly like String.
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Public methods
getChars
abstract fun getChars(
start: Int,
end: Int,
dest: CharArray!,
destoff: Int
): Unit
Exactly like String.getChars(): copy chars start through end - 1 from this CharSequence into dest beginning at offset destoff.
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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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Known Direct Subclasses [AlteredCharSequence](/reference/kotlin/android/text/AlteredCharSequence), [Editable](/reference/kotlin/android/text/Editable), [SpannableString](/reference/kotlin/android/text/SpannableString), [SpannableStringBuilder](/reference/kotlin/android/text/SpannableStringBuilder), [SpannedString](/reference/kotlin/android/text/SpannedString) |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [AlteredCharSequence](/reference/kotlin/android/text/AlteredCharSequence) | An AlteredCharSequence is a CharSequence that is largely mirrored from another CharSequence, except that a specified range of characters are mirrored from a different char array instead. | | [Editable](/reference/kotlin/android/text/Editable) | This is the interface for text whose content and markup can be changed (as opposed to immutable text like Strings). | | [SpannableString](/reference/kotlin/android/text/SpannableString) | This is the class for text whose content is immutable but to which markup objects can be attached and detached. | | [SpannableStringBuilder](/reference/kotlin/android/text/SpannableStringBuilder) | This is the class for text whose content and markup can both be changed. | | [SpannedString](/reference/kotlin/android/text/SpannedString) | This is the class for text whose content and markup are immutable. | |\n\n|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| Known Indirect Subclasses [SpannableStringBuilder](/reference/kotlin/android/text/SpannableStringBuilder) |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [SpannableStringBuilder](/reference/kotlin/android/text/SpannableStringBuilder) | This is the class for text whose content and markup can both be changed. | |\n\nPlease implement this interface if your CharSequence has a getChars() method like the one in String that is faster than calling charAt() multiple times.\n\nSummary\n-------\n\n| Public methods ||\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| abstract [Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [getChars](#getChars(kotlin.Int,%20kotlin.Int,%20kotlin.CharArray,%20kotlin.Int))`(`start:` `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)`, `end:` `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)`, `dest:` `[CharArray](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-char-array/index.html)!`, `destoff:` `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)`)` Exactly like String. |\n\nPublic methods\n--------------\n\n### getChars\n\nAdded in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) \n\n```\nabstract fun getChars(\n start: Int, \n end: Int, \n dest: CharArray!, \n destoff: Int\n): Unit\n```\n\nExactly like String.getChars(): copy chars `start` through `end - 1` from this CharSequence into `dest` beginning at offset `destoff`."]]
