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# tagsInRange:unit:scheme:options:tokenRanges:

Finds an array of linguistic tags and token ranges for a given string range and linguistic unit.

```
- (NSArray<NSString *> *) tagsInRange:(NSRange) range unit:(NLTokenUnit) unit scheme:(NLTagScheme) scheme options:(NLTaggerOptions) options tokenRanges:(NSArray<NSValue *> **) tokenRanges;
```

## Parameters

`range`

The range from which to return tags.

`unit`

The linguistic unit. See [`NLTokenUnit`](/documentation/NaturalLanguage/NLTokenUnit) for possible values.

`scheme`

The tag scheme. See [`NLTagScheme`](/documentation/NaturalLanguage/NLTagScheme) for possible values.

`options`

The linguistic tagger options to use. See [`NLTagger.Options`](/documentation/NaturalLanguage/NLTagger/Options) for possible values.

`tokenRanges`

Returns by reference an array of token ranges.

## Return Value

An array of the tags in the requested range.

## Discussion

When the returned array contains an entry that doesn’t have a corresponding tag scheme, that entry is an empty string (””).

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