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# URLSessionWebSocketTask.Message.string(_:)

A WebSocket message that contains a string.

```
case string(String)
```

## Discussion

The [`URLSessionWebSocketTask`](/documentation/Foundation/URLSessionWebSocketTask) uses UTF-8 encoding to send the message’s string.

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