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# samePosition(in:)

Returns the position in the given view of Unicode scalars that
corresponds exactly to this index.

```
func samePosition(in unicodeScalars: String.UnicodeScalarView) -> String.UnicodeScalarIndex?
```

## Parameters

`unicodeScalars`

The view to use for the index conversion.
This index must be a valid index of at least one view of the string
shared by `unicodeScalars`.

## Return Value

The position in `unicodeScalars` that corresponds exactly to
this index. If this index does not have an exact corresponding
position in `unicodeScalars`, this method returns `nil`. For example,
an attempt to convert the position of a UTF-16 trailing surrogate
returns `nil`.

## Discussion

This index must be a valid index of `String(unicodeScalars).utf16`.

This example first finds the position of a space (UTF-16 code point `32`)
in a string’s `utf16` view and then uses this method to find the same
position in the string’s `unicodeScalars` view.

```
let cafe = "Café 🍵"
let i = cafe.utf16.firstIndex(of: 32)!
let j = i.samePosition(in: cafe.unicodeScalars)!
print(String(cafe.unicodeScalars[..<j]))
// Prints "Café"
```

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