---
title: NSUnicodeStringEncoding
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: foundation/nsunicodestringencoding
---

# NSUnicodeStringEncoding

The canonical Unicode encoding for string objects.

## Declaration

```swift
var NSUnicodeStringEncoding: UInt { get }
```

## See Also

### Unicode Encodings

- [NSUTF8StringEncoding](foundation/nsutf8stringencoding.md)
- [NSUTF16BigEndianStringEncoding](foundation/nsutf16bigendianstringencoding.md)
- [NSUTF16LittleEndianStringEncoding](foundation/nsutf16littleendianstringencoding.md)
- [NSUTF16StringEncoding](foundation/nsutf16stringencoding.md)
- [NSUTF32BigEndianStringEncoding](foundation/nsutf32bigendianstringencoding.md)
- [NSUTF32LittleEndianStringEncoding](foundation/nsutf32littleendianstringencoding.md)
- [NSUTF32StringEncoding](foundation/nsutf32stringencoding.md)