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# NSAttributedStringFormattingOptions

Options to use when creating an attributed string from a format string and variable list of arguments.

```
enum NSAttributedStringFormattingOptions : NSUInteger;
```

## Topics

### Getting the formatting options

[`NSAttributedStringFormattingApplyReplacementIndexAttribute`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedStringFormattingOptions/NSAttributedStringFormattingApplyReplacementIndexAttribute)

An option to apply to the replaced portions of text in a format string.

[`NSAttributedStringFormattingInsertArgumentAttributesWithoutMerging`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedStringFormattingOptions/NSAttributedStringFormattingInsertArgumentAttributesWithoutMerging)

An option to replace the attributes in a substituted string with those of the provided attributed string.


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