---
title: encodedReplacementCharacter
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: swift/unicode/ascii/encodedreplacementcharacter
---

# encodedReplacementCharacter

A unicode scalar value to be used when repairing encoding/decoding errors, as represented in this encoding.

## Declaration

```swift
static var encodedReplacementCharacter: Unicode.ASCII.EncodedScalar { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion If the Unicode replacement character U+FFFD is representable in this encoding, encodedReplacementCharacter encodes that scalar value.