public sealed class SuggestionInfo.Types.MatchInfo : IMessage<SuggestionInfo.Types.MatchInfo>, IEquatable<SuggestionInfo.Types.MatchInfo>, IDeepCloneable<SuggestionInfo.Types.MatchInfo>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Data QnA v1alpha API class SuggestionInfo.Types.MatchInfo.
MatchInfo describes which part of suggestion matched with data in user
typed query. This can be used to highlight matching parts in the UI. This
is different from the annotations provided in annotated_suggestion. The
annotated_suggestion provides information about the semantic meaning, while
this provides information about how it relates to the input.
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This can be used to highlight matching parts in the UI. This\nis different from the annotations provided in annotated_suggestion. The\nannotated_suggestion provides information about the semantic meaning, while\nthis provides information about how it relates to the input.\n\nExample:\nuser query: `top products` \n\n annotated_suggestion {\n text_formatted = \"top product_group\"\n html_formatted = \"top \u003cb\u003eproduct_group\u003c/b\u003e\"\n markups {\n {type: TEXT, start_char_index: 0, length: 3}\n {type: DIMENSION, start_char_index: 4, length: 13}\n }\n }\n\n query_matches {\n { start_char_index: 0, length: 3 }\n { start_char_index: 4, length: 7}\n }\n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e SuggestionInfo.Types.MatchInfo \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[SuggestionInfo](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha.SuggestionInfo)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha.SuggestionInfo.Types)[MatchInfo](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha.SuggestionInfo.Types.MatchInfo), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[SuggestionInfo](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha.SuggestionInfo)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha.SuggestionInfo.Types)[MatchInfo](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha.SuggestionInfo.Types.MatchInfo), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[SuggestionInfo](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha.SuggestionInfo)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha.SuggestionInfo.Types)[MatchInfo](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha.SuggestionInfo.Types.MatchInfo), [IBufferMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IBufferMessage.html), [IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage.html) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype) \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.DataQnA.V1Alpha.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### MatchInfo()\n\n public MatchInfo()\n\n### MatchInfo(MatchInfo)\n\n public MatchInfo(SuggestionInfo.Types.MatchInfo other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### Length\n\n public int Length { get; set; }\n\nCount of unicode characters of this substring.\n\n### StartCharIndex\n\n public int StartCharIndex { get; set; }\n\nUnicode character index of the string annotation."]]
