---
title: asString
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: appkit/nspasteboard/readingoptions/asstring
---

# asString

An option to read data from the pasteboard and convert it to a string object.

## Declaration

```swift
static var asString: NSPasteboard.ReadingOptions { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion AppKit puts the data in an NSString object.

## See Also

### Options

- [asData](appkit/nspasteboard/readingoptions/asdata.md)
- [asPropertyList](appkit/nspasteboard/readingoptions/aspropertylist.md)
- [asKeyedArchive](appkit/nspasteboard/readingoptions/askeyedarchive.md)