---
title: debugDescription
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: swift/unicode/scalar/debugdescription
---

# debugDescription

An escaped textual representation of the Unicode scalar, suitable for debugging.

## Declaration

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

## See Also

### Printing and Displaying a Scalar

- [description](swift/unicode/scalar/description.md)
- [write(to:)](swift/unicode/scalar/write(to:).md)
- [escaped(asASCII:)](swift/unicode/scalar/escaped(asascii:).md)
- [utf16](swift/unicode/scalar/utf16.md)
- [Unicode.Scalar.UTF16View](swift/unicode/scalar/utf16view.md)
- [customMirror](swift/unicode/scalar/custommirror.md)
- [customPlaygroundQuickLook](swift/unicode/scalar/customplaygroundquicklook.md)