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# CTRubyPosition.count

A constant that accounts for all ruby positions during ruby annotation creation.

```
case count
```

## Discussion

When you create a ruby annotation using [`CTRubyAnnotationCreate(_:_:_:_:)`](/documentation/CoreText/CTRubyAnnotationCreate(_:_:_:_:)), use this constant to allocate an array of <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFString> texts that contains a sufficient number of elements for each [`CTRubyPosition`](/documentation/CoreText/CTRubyPosition).

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