---
title: "samePosition(in:)"
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "swift/string/index/sameposition(in:)-3mz95"
---

# samePosition(in:)

Returns the position in the given UTF-8 view that corresponds exactly to this index.

## Declaration

```swift
func samePosition(in utf8: String.UTF8View) -> String.UTF8View.Index?
```

## Parameters

- `utf8`: The view to use for the index conversion. This index must be a valid index of at least one view of the string shared by utf8.

## Return Value

Return Value The position in utf8 that corresponds exactly to this index. If this index does not have an exact corresponding position in utf8, this method returns nil. For example, an attempt to convert the position of a UTF-16 trailing surrogate returns nil.

## Discussion

Discussion This example first finds the position of the character "é", and then uses this method find the same position in the string’s utf8 view. let cafe = "Café" if let i = cafe.firstIndex(of: "é") {     let j = i.samePosition(in: cafe.utf8)!     print(Array(cafe.utf8[j...])) } // Prints "[195, 169]"