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# init(ianaName:)

Creates an instance from the name of the IANA registry “charset”.

```
init?(ianaName charsetName: String)
```

## Discussion> Note: The given name is compared to each IANA “charset” name
> with ASCII case-insensitive collation
> to determine which encoding is suitable.

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