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# AttributedString.MarkdownParsingOptions

Options that affect the parsing of Markdown content into an attributed string.

```
struct MarkdownParsingOptions
```

## Topics

### Creating Markdown Parsing Options

[`init(allowsExtendedAttributes: Bool, interpretedSyntax: AttributedString.MarkdownParsingOptions.InterpretedSyntax, failurePolicy: AttributedString.MarkdownParsingOptions.FailurePolicy, languageCode: String?)`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributedString/MarkdownParsingOptions/init(allowsExtendedAttributes:interpretedSyntax:failurePolicy:languageCode:))

Creates a Markdown parsing options instance with the specified values.

[`init(allowsExtendedAttributes: Bool, interpretedSyntax: AttributedString.MarkdownParsingOptions.InterpretedSyntax, failurePolicy: AttributedString.MarkdownParsingOptions.FailurePolicy, languageCode: String?, appliesSourcePositionAttributes: Bool)`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributedString/MarkdownParsingOptions/init(allowsExtendedAttributes:interpretedSyntax:failurePolicy:languageCode:appliesSourcePositionAttributes:))

Creates a Markdown parsing options instance with the specified values, optionally marking the source position of attributed text.

### Accessing Options

[`var allowsExtendedAttributes: Bool`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributedString/MarkdownParsingOptions/allowsExtendedAttributes)

A Boolean value that indicates whether parsing allows extensions to Markdown that specify extended attributes.

[`var appliesSourcePositionAttributes: Bool`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributedString/MarkdownParsingOptions/appliesSourcePositionAttributes)

A Boolean value that indicates whether parsing applies attributes that indicate the position of attributed text in the original Markdown string.

[`var failurePolicy: AttributedString.MarkdownParsingOptions.FailurePolicy`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributedString/MarkdownParsingOptions/failurePolicy-swift.property)

The policy for handling a parsing failure.

[`enum FailurePolicy`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributedString/MarkdownParsingOptions/FailurePolicy-swift.enum)

A type that represents policies for handling parsing failures.

[`var interpretedSyntax: AttributedString.MarkdownParsingOptions.InterpretedSyntax`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributedString/MarkdownParsingOptions/interpretedSyntax-swift.property)

The syntax for interpreting a Markdown string.

[`enum InterpretedSyntax`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributedString/MarkdownParsingOptions/InterpretedSyntax-swift.enum)

A type that represents the syntax for interpreting a Markdown string.

[`var languageCode: String?`](/documentation/Foundation/AttributedString/MarkdownParsingOptions/languageCode)

The language code for this document.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Copyable`](/documentation/Swift/Copyable)

[`Escapable`](/documentation/Swift/Escapable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

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