# Method GTK1.Editable()->get_chars()

Method get_chars

  ``string` get_chars(`int` `start_pos`, `int` `end_pos`)`

Description

  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 the characters retrieved will be those characters from start_pos to the end of the text.