---
title: description
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: swift/array/description
---

# description

A textual representation of the array and its elements.

## Declaration

```swift
var description: String { get }
```

## See Also

### Describing an Array

- [debugDescription](swift/array/debugdescription.md)
- [customMirror](swift/array/custommirror.md)
- [hash(into:)](swift/array/hash(into:).md)