How to use the string property

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I take a string property input via the panel but everytime I try to use it, I get the "<built-in function StringProperty " instead of the raw string itself. I am new to Python. Any help is appreciated.

Usage:

def execute(self, context):            
        start = bpy.types.Scene.my_string_prop[0]
        end = bpy.types.Scene.my_string_prop2[0]   
            
        print("start: ",start)
        print("end: ",end)
        
        text_string = ''.join([chr(i) for i in range(ord(start), ord(end) + 1)]) #original
        print("text_string : ",text_string)
   
        return {'FINISHED'}

Output:

start:  <built-in function StringProperty>
end:  <built-in function StringProperty>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\asifn\Desktop\Test.blend\Text", line 35, in execute
TypeError: ord() expected string of length 1, but builtin_function_or_method found

location: <unknown location>:-1

location: <unknown location>:-1

Register:

def register():
    bpy.types.Scene.my_string_prop = bpy.props.StringProperty \
      (
        name = "Start",
        maxlen = 1,
        default = "!"
      )
    bpy.types.Scene.my_string_prop2 = bpy.props.StringProperty \
      (
        name = "End",
        maxlen = 1,
        default = "!"
      )
    bpy.utils.register_class(OBJECT_OT_myClass)
    bpy.utils.register_class(MyPanel)

Drawing:

class MyPanel(bpy.types.Panel):
    bl_label = "My Panel"
    bl_idname = "OBJECT_PT_MYPANEL"
    bl_space_type = 'VIEW_3D'
    bl_region_type = 'TOOLS'


    def draw(self, context):
        layout = self.layout
        scene = context.scene
        
        row = layout.row(align=True)
        col = layout.column(align=True)

        row.operator("object.myclass")  
        col = self.layout.column(align = True)
        col.prop(context.scene, "my_string_prop")
        col.prop(context.scene, "my_string_prop2")

Link to the entire code: https://codeshare.io/G7ErBn

2

I found the solution on stackoeverflow.
tldr: I had to use context.scene to read the property instead of bpy.types.Scene which is only for creating.

myString = bpy.types.Scene.my_string_prop #wrong
myString = context.scene.my_string_prop #right