---
title: words
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: swift/int/words-swift.property
---

# words

A collection containing the words of this value’s binary representation, in order from the least significant to most significant.

## Declaration

```swift
var words: Int.Words { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Negative values are returned in two’s complement representation, regardless of the type’s underlying implementation.

## See Also

### Working with Binary Representation

- [bitWidth](swift/int/bitwidth.md)
- [bitWidth](swift/int/bitwidth-swift.property.md)
- [nonzeroBitCount](swift/int/nonzerobitcount.md)
- [leadingZeroBitCount](swift/int/leadingzerobitcount.md)
- [trailingZeroBitCount](swift/int/trailingzerobitcount.md)
- [Int.Words](swift/int/words-swift.struct.md)