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# vDSP_DFT_Direction.FORWARD

A constant that specifies a forward transform.

```
case FORWARD
```

## Discussion

Use [`vDSP_DFT_Direction.FORWARD`](/documentation/Accelerate/vDSP_DFT_Direction/FORWARD) to transform a signal from the time domain to the frequency domain.

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