EditableIF.getChars

Retrieves a sequence of characters. The characters that are retrieved are those characters at positions from start_pos up to, but not including end_pos. If end_pos is negative, then the characters retrieved are those characters from start_pos to the end of the text.

Note that positions are specified in characters, not bytes.

interface EditableIF

string

getChars

(

int startPos

int endPos

)

Parameters

startPos int: start of text
endPos int: end of text

Return Value

Type: string

a pointer to the contents of the widget as a string. This string is allocated by the GtkEditable implementation and should be freed by the caller.