---
title: "tokenRangeForRange:unit:"
framework: naturallanguage
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "naturallanguage/nltagger/tokenrangeforrange:unit:"
---

# tokenRangeForRange:unit:

Finds the entire range of all tokens of the specified linguistic unit contained completely or partially within the specified range.

## Declaration

```occ
- (NSRange) tokenRangeForRange:(NSRange) range unit:(NLTokenUnit) unit;
```

## Parameters

- `range`: The range within the string to search for tokens.
- `unit`: The linguistic unit. For possible values, see doc://com.apple.naturallanguage/documentation/NaturalLanguage/NLTokenUnit.

## Return Value

Return Value The smallest possible range that contains all of the tokens of the specified linguistic unit within the range specified in range. This result includes a token’s entire range if any part of that token is included within range. If the length of range is 0, this return value is equivalent to tokenRangeAtIndex:unit:.

## See Also

### Determining the range of a unit token

- [tokenRangeAtIndex:unit:](naturallanguage/nltagger/tokenrangeatindex:unit:.md)
- [NLTokenUnit](naturallanguage/nltokenunit.md)