---
title: "DeleteSurroundingTextInCodePointsCommand"
description: "A variant of [DeleteSurroundingTextCommand]. The difference is that
* The lengths are supplied in code points, not in chars.
* This command does nothing if there are one or more invalid surrogate pairs in the requested range.

See
[`deleteSurroundingTextInCodePoints`](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnection.html#deleteSurroundingTextInCodePoints(int,%2520int))."
type: "class"
---

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```kotlin
class DeleteSurroundingTextInCodePointsCommand(
    val lengthBeforeCursor: Int,
    val lengthAfterCursor: Int,
) : EditCommand
```


A variant of `DeleteSurroundingTextCommand`. The difference is that
* The lengths are supplied in code points, not in chars.
* This command does nothing if there are one or more invalid surrogate pairs in the requested range.

See
``deleteSurroundingTextInCodePoints``(https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnection.html#deleteSurroundingTextInCodePoints(int,%2520int)).

#### Parameters

| | |
| --- | --- |
| lengthBeforeCursor | The number of characters in Unicode code points before the cursor to be deleted. Must be non-negative. |
| lengthAfterCursor | The number of characters in Unicode code points after the cursor to be deleted. Must be non-negative. |