---
title: "init(_:)"
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Initializer
path: "foundation/locale/collation-swift.struct/init(_:)"
---

# init(_:)

Creates a collation from a BCP 47 identifier.

## Declaration

```swift
init(_ identifier: String)
```

## Parameters

- `identifier`: The BCP 47 collation identifier, like standard for a language’s standard ordering, or phonetic for phonetic ordering.

## See Also

### Creating a collation

- [init(stringLiteral:)](foundation/locale/collation-swift.struct/init(stringliteral:).md)