---
title: NSUTF16StringEncoding
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: foundation/nsutf16stringencoding
---

# NSUTF16StringEncoding

## Declaration

```swift
var NSUTF16StringEncoding: UInt { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion An alias for NSUnicodeStringEncoding.

## See Also

### Unicode Encodings

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