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# setAlignment(_:range:)

Sets the alignment characteristic of the paragraph style attribute for the specified range of text.

```
func setAlignment(_ alignment: NSTextAlignment, range: NSRange)
```

## Parameters

`alignment`

The alignment to use.

`range`

The range of characters.

## Discussion

When attribute fixing takes place, this change will affect only paragraphs whose first character was included in `range`. Raises an [`rangeException`](/documentation/Foundation/NSExceptionName/rangeException) if any part of `range` lies beyond the end of the receiver’s characters.

## See Also

[`-  fixParagraphStyleAttributeInRange:`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMutableAttributedString/fixParagraphStyleAttribute(in:))

Fixes the paragraph style attributes in the specified range and assigns a paragraph style to all characters in the paragraph.


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