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# Value Not Found

Special value returned when a Core Foundation function cannot locate a requested value.

## Topics

### Constants

[`var kCFNotFound: CFIndex`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/kCFNotFound)

A constant that indicates that a search operation did not succeed in locating the target value.


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