---
title: characters
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: swift/asyncsequence/characters
---

# characters

A non-blocking sequence of Characters created by decoding the elements of self as UTF8.

## Declaration

```swift
var characters: AsyncCharacterSequence<Self> { get }
```

## See Also

### Adapting Textual Sequences

- [AsyncCharacterSequence](foundation/asynccharactersequence.md)
- [unicodeScalars](swift/asyncsequence/unicodescalars.md)
- [AsyncUnicodeScalarSequence](foundation/asyncunicodescalarsequence.md)
- [lines](swift/asyncsequence/lines.md)
- [AsyncLineSequence](foundation/asynclinesequence.md)