---
title: externalRepresentation
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: foundation/nsstring/encodingconversionoptions/externalrepresentation
---

# externalRepresentation

Specifies an external representation (with a byte-order mark, if necessary, to indicate endianness).

## Declaration

```swift
static var externalRepresentation: NSString.EncodingConversionOptions { get }
```

## See Also

### Constants

- [allowLossy](foundation/nsstring/encodingconversionoptions/allowlossy.md)