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# normalized

A predicate that indicates you’ve preprocessed the strings to compare.

```
static var normalized: NSComparisonPredicate.Options { get }
```

## Discussion

This option supersedes `NSCaseInsensitivePredicateOption` and `NSDiacriticInsensitivePredicateOption`, and is a performance optimization option.

You represent this option in a predicate format string using a `[n]` following a string operation (for example, `"WXYZlan" matches[n] ".lan"`).

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