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# init(_:)

Creates a String having the given content.

```
init?(_ codeUnits: Substring.UTF8View)
```

## Discussion

If `codeUnits` is an ill-formed code unit sequence, the result is `nil`.

> Complexity: O(N), where N is the length of the resulting `String`’s
> UTF-8 representation.

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