---
title: literal
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: foundation/nsstring/compareoptions/literal
---

# literal

Exact character-by-character equivalence.

## Declaration

```swift
static var literal: NSString.CompareOptions { get }
```

## See Also

### Constants

- [caseInsensitive](foundation/nsstring/compareoptions/caseinsensitive.md)
- [backwards](foundation/nsstring/compareoptions/backwards.md)
- [anchored](foundation/nsstring/compareoptions/anchored.md)
- [numeric](foundation/nsstring/compareoptions/numeric.md)
- [diacriticInsensitive](foundation/nsstring/compareoptions/diacriticinsensitive.md)
- [widthInsensitive](foundation/nsstring/compareoptions/widthinsensitive.md)
- [forcedOrdering](foundation/nsstring/compareoptions/forcedordering.md)
- [regularExpression](foundation/nsstring/compareoptions/regularexpression.md)