---
title: makeCharacterIterator()
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: swift/utf8span/makecharacteriterator()
---

# makeCharacterIterator()

Returns an iterator that will construct Characters from the underlying UTF-8 content.

## Declaration

```swift
func makeCharacterIterator() -> UTF8Span.CharacterIterator
```

## Discussion

Discussion The resulting iterator has the same lifetime constraints as self.