# Cloud AutoML V1 Client - Class TextSegment (2.1.3)

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A contiguous part of a text (string), assuming it has an UTF-8 NFC encoding.

Generated from protobuf message `google.cloud.automl.v1.TextSegment`

## Namespace

Google \\ Cloud \\ AutoMl \\ V1

## Methods

### __construct

Constructor.

| **Parameters** ||
|---|---|
| **Name** | **Description** |
| `data` | `array` Optional. Data for populating the Message object. |
| `↳ content` | `string` Output only. The content of the TextSegment. |
| `↳ start_offset` | `int|string` Required. Zero-based character index of the first character of the text segment (counting characters from the beginning of the text). |
| `↳ end_offset` | `int|string` Required. Zero-based character index of the first character past the end of the text segment (counting character from the beginning of the text). The character at the end_offset is NOT included in the text segment. |

### getContent

Output only. The content of the TextSegment.

| **Returns** ||
|---|---|
| **Type** | **Description** |
| `string` |   |

### setContent

Output only. The content of the TextSegment.

| **Parameter** ||
|---|---|
| **Name** | **Description** |
| `var` | `string` |

| **Returns** ||
|---|---|
| **Type** | **Description** |
| `$this` |   |

### getStartOffset

Required. Zero-based character index of the first character of the text
segment (counting characters from the beginning of the text).

| **Returns** ||
|---|---|
| **Type** | **Description** |
| `int|string` |   |

### setStartOffset

Required. Zero-based character index of the first character of the text
segment (counting characters from the beginning of the text).

| **Parameter** ||
|---|---|
| **Name** | **Description** |
| `var` | `int|string` |

| **Returns** ||
|---|---|
| **Type** | **Description** |
| `$this` |   |

### getEndOffset

Required. Zero-based character index of the first character past the end of
the text segment (counting character from the beginning of the text).

The character at the end_offset is NOT included in the text segment.

| **Returns** ||
|---|---|
| **Type** | **Description** |
| `int|string` |   |

### setEndOffset

Required. Zero-based character index of the first character past the end of
the text segment (counting character from the beginning of the text).

The character at the end_offset is NOT included in the text segment.

| **Parameter** ||
|---|---|
| **Name** | **Description** |
| `var` | `int|string` |

| **Returns** ||
|---|---|
| **Type** | **Description** |
| `$this` |   |