---
title: "init(localized:defaultValue:options:table:bundle:locale:comment:)"
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Initializer
path: "foundation/attributedstring/init(localized:defaultvalue:options:table:bundle:locale:comment:)-4n8e2"
---

# init(localized:defaultValue:options:table:bundle:locale:comment:)

Creates an attributed string by looking up a localized string from the app’s bundle, using a default value if necessary.

## Declaration

```swift
init(localized key: StaticString, defaultValue: String.LocalizationValue, options: AttributedString.FormattingOptions = [], table: String? = nil, bundle: Bundle? = nil, locale: Locale? = nil, comment: StaticString? = nil)
```

## Parameters

- `key`: The key for a string in the table that table identifies.
- `defaultValue`: The localized string for the development locale. For other locales, the string uses this value if a localized string for key isn’t found in the table.
- `options`: Options that affect the handling of attributes.
- `table`: The bundle’s string table to search. If table is nil or is an empty string, the method attempts to use the table in Localizable.strings. The default is nil.
- `bundle`: The bundle to use for looking up strings. If nil, an app searches its main bundle. The default is nil.
- `locale`: The locale of the localized string to retrieve. If nil, this initializer uses the current locale. The default is nil.
- `comment`: The comment to place above the key-value pair in the strings file. This parameter provides the translator with some context about the localized string’s presentation to the user.

## Discussion

Discussion Use this initializer instead of init(localized:options:table:bundle:locale:comment:) if you prefer to use a symbolic string key, rather than use the development language’s string as the key.

## See Also

### Creating a Localized Attributed String with a Default Value

- [init(localized:defaultValue:options:table:bundle:locale:comment:including:)](foundation/attributedstring/init(localized:defaultvalue:options:table:bundle:locale:comment:including:)-2elmp.md)
- [init(localized:defaultValue:options:table:bundle:locale:comment:including:)](foundation/attributedstring/init(localized:defaultvalue:options:table:bundle:locale:comment:including:)-9gjtg.md)