The minimum number of characters permitted for a text response.
<textbox>
The following displays the value of minchars in a text stimulus:
<text sometext>
/ items= ("minchars = <% textbox.question.minchars %>")
</text>
The following displays the value of minchars in an instruction page:
<page somepage>
minchars = <% textbox.question.minchars %>
</page>