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CharacterRange["c1","c2"]

yields a list of the characters in the range from "c1" to "c2".

CharacterRange[n1,n2]

yields a list of the characters with character codes in the range n1 to n2.

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CharacterRange

CharacterRange["c1","c2"]

yields a list of the characters in the range from "c1" to "c2".

CharacterRange[n1,n2]

yields a list of the characters with character codes in the range n1 to n2.

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Basic Examples  (3)

Letters a through z:

Wolfram Language code: CharacterRange["a", "z"]

Characters with a range of character codes:

Wolfram Language code: CharacterRange[1000, 1020]

Range of emojis:

Wolfram Language code: CharacterRange["🍊", "🍎"]

Scope  (5)

Letters A through Z:

Wolfram Language code: CharacterRange["A", "Z"]

Digits 0 through 9, as strings:

Wolfram Language code: CharacterRange["0", "9"]

Greek alphabet (including ς):

Wolfram Language code: CharacterRange["α", "ω"]

The character between Ρ and Σ is reserved and presently unused by the Unicode standard:

Wolfram Language code: CharacterRange["Α", "Ω"]

Printable ASCII characters:

Wolfram Language code: CharacterRange[" ", "~"]

A selected range of emojis:

Wolfram Language code: CharacterRange["😀", "🙏"]

Applications  (5)

Give letters as labels:

Wolfram Language code: Table[Labeled[Plot[Sin[n x], {x, 0, Pi}, ImageSize -> Tiny], "(" <> CharacterRange["a", "z"][[n]] <> ")"], {n, 3}]

Find sequences of uppercase letters:

Wolfram Language code: StringCases["AaBBccDDeefG", CharacterRange["A", "Z"]..]

Replace every letter with X:

Wolfram Language code: StringReplace["this is text", CharacterRange["a", "z"] -> "X"]

Make random 5-letter "words":

Wolfram Language code: Table[StringJoin[RandomChoice[CharacterRange["a", "z"], 5]], {10}]

Count the number of occurrences of letters a–z:

Wolfram Language code: StringCount["wolfram research", #]& /@ CharacterRange["a", "z"]

Properties & Relations  (1)

Wolfram Language code: ToCharacterCode["a"][[1]] + Range[0, 25]
Wolfram Language code: FromCharacterCode /@ %
Wolfram Language code: CharacterRange["a", "z"]

Possible Issues  (1)

Not all letters of all types exist as a contiguous block in character space:

Wolfram Language code: CharacterRange["𝒜", "𝒵"]

Neat Examples  (2)

A block of character space (the detailed output depends on the fonts that are loaded):

Wolfram Language code: CharacterRange["a", FromCharacterCode[ToCharacterCode["a"] + 500]]

All permutations of the flag emojis:

Wolfram Language code: With[{r = CharacterRange["🇦", "🇿"]}, Pane[Grid[Outer[StringJoin[##]&, r, r]], ImageSize -> {500, 300}, Scrollbars -> True]]
Wolfram Research (1996), CharacterRange, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CharacterRange.html (updated 2015).

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), CharacterRange, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CharacterRange.html (updated 2015).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "CharacterRange." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2015. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CharacterRange.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). CharacterRange. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CharacterRange.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_characterrange, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CharacterRange}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CharacterRange.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_characterrange, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CharacterRange}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CharacterRange.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}