---
title: NSString Implementations
framework: foundation
role: collectionGroup
role_heading: API Collection
path: foundation/nsstring/nsstring-implementations
---

# NSString Implementations

## Topics

### Initializers

- [init(CString:)](foundation/nsstring/init(cstring:)-vkuo.md)
- [init(CString:encoding:)](foundation/nsstring/init(cstring:encoding:)-7xice.md)
- [init(CString:encoding:)](foundation/nsstring/init(cstring:encoding:)-8229r.md)
- [init(CString:length:)](foundation/nsstring/init(cstring:length:)-5ure3.md)
- [init(CStringNoCopy:length:freeWhenDone:)](foundation/nsstring/init(cstringnocopy:length:freewhendone:)-86dm2.md)
- [init(UTF8String:)](foundation/nsstring/init(utf8string:)-321f6.md)
- [init(UTF8String:)](foundation/nsstring/init(utf8string:)-vwmq.md)
- [init(contentsOfURL:)](foundation/nsstring/init(contentsofurl:).md)
- [init(contentsOfURL:encoding:)](foundation/nsstring/init(contentsofurl:encoding:)-1d0eu.md)
- [init(contentsOfURL:encoding:)](foundation/nsstring/init(contentsofurl:encoding:)-6iivc.md)
- [init(contentsOfURL:usedEncoding:)](foundation/nsstring/init(contentsofurl:usedencoding:)-5ekap.md)
- [init(contentsOfURL:usedEncoding:)](foundation/nsstring/init(contentsofurl:usedencoding:)-86ukw.md)