---
title: description
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: foundation/nsproxy/description
---

# description

A string containing the real class name and the id of the receiver as a hexadecimal number.

## Declaration

```swift
var description: String { get }
```

## See Also

### Describing a Proxy Class or Object

- [class()](foundation/nsproxy/class().md)
- [debugDescription](foundation/nsproxy/debugdescription.md)