---
title: typeUTF16ExternalRepresentation
framework: coreservices
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: coreservices/typeutf16externalrepresentation
---

# typeUTF16ExternalRepresentation

## typeUTF16ExternalRepresentation

typeUTF16ExternalRepresentation Global Variable of coreservices ``` var typeUTF16ExternalRepresentation: DescType { get } ```

Discussion

Unicode text in 16-bit external representation with byte-order-mark (BOM).

Guarantees that either there is a BOM or the data is in UTF-16BE.