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# user

The user name, conforming to RFC 1808.

```
var user: String? { get }
```

## Discussion

This property contains the user name, unescaped using the [`replacingPercentEscapes(using:)`](/documentation/Foundation/NSString/replacingPercentEscapes(using:)) method. If the receiver’s URL does not conform to RFC 1808, this property returns `nil`. For example, in the URL `ftp://username@www.example.com/`, the user name is `username`.

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