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# JSONEncoder.OutputFormatting

The output formatting options that determine the readability, size, and element order of an encoded JSON object.

```
struct OutputFormatting
```

## Topics

### Formatting Output

[`prettyPrinted`](/documentation/Foundation/JSONEncoder/OutputFormatting-swift.struct/prettyPrinted)

The output formatting option that uses ample white space and indentation to make output easy to read.

[`sortedKeys`](/documentation/Foundation/JSONEncoder/OutputFormatting-swift.struct/sortedKeys)

The output formatting option that sorts keys in lexicographic order.

[`withoutEscapingSlashes`](/documentation/Foundation/JSONEncoder/OutputFormatting-swift.struct/withoutEscapingSlashes)

The output formatting option specifies that the output doesn’t prefix slash characters with escape characters.

### Creating Options

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/Foundation/JSONEncoder/OutputFormatting-swift.struct/init(rawValue:))

Creates an OutputFormatting value with the given raw value.

[`rawValue`](/documentation/Foundation/JSONEncoder/OutputFormatting-swift.struct/rawValue)

The format’s default value.

[`init()`](/documentation/Foundation/JSONEncoder/init())

Creates a new, reusable JSON encoder with the default formatting settings and encoding strategies.

### Checking Options

### Adding and Removing Options

### Combining Options

### Comparing Options

### Supporting Types


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