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# identifier(_:)

Returns the ISO code of the given identifier type.
Returns nil if the language isn’t a valid ISO language,
or if the specified identifier type isn’t available to
the language.

```
func identifier(_ type: Locale.LanguageCode.IdentifierType) -> String?
```

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