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# columnTerminators(for:)

Returns the column terminators for the specified locale.

```
class func columnTerminators(for aLocale: Locale?) -> CharacterSet
```

## Parameters

`aLocale`

The locale to use when determining the terminators. Specify `nil` to use the system’s current locale. You can get the user’s locale using the <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSLocale/current> method of <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSLocale>.

## Return Value

The characters for the column terminators.

## Discussion

The returned value can be used as the value for [`columnTerminators`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextTab/OptionKey/columnTerminators) to make a decimal tab stop.

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