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# Unicode

A namespace for Unicode utilities.

```
@frozen enum Unicode
```

## Topics

### Individual Unicode Scalar Values

[`Unicode.Scalar`](/documentation/Swift/Unicode/Scalar)

A Unicode scalar value.

### Unicode Scalar Classifications

[`Unicode.GeneralCategory`](/documentation/Swift/Unicode/GeneralCategory)

The most general classification of a Unicode scalar.

[`Unicode.CanonicalCombiningClass`](/documentation/Swift/Unicode/CanonicalCombiningClass)

The classification of a scalar used in the Canonical Ordering Algorithm
defined by the Unicode Standard.

[`Unicode.NumericType`](/documentation/Swift/Unicode/NumericType)

The numeric type of a scalar.

### Unicode Codecs

[`UnicodeCodec`](/documentation/Swift/UnicodeCodec)

A Unicode encoding form that translates between Unicode scalar values and
form-specific code units.

[`Unicode.ASCII`](/documentation/Swift/Unicode/ASCII)

[`Unicode.UTF8`](/documentation/Swift/Unicode/UTF8)

[`Unicode.UTF16`](/documentation/Swift/Unicode/UTF16)

[`Unicode.UTF32`](/documentation/Swift/Unicode/UTF32)

[`UnicodeDecodingResult`](/documentation/Swift/UnicodeDecodingResult)

The result of one Unicode decoding step.

[`Unicode.ParseResult`](/documentation/Swift/Unicode/ParseResult)

The result of attempting to parse a `T` from some input.

### Translation Between Unicode Encodings

[`transcode(_:from:to:stoppingOnError:into:)`](/documentation/Swift/transcode(_:from:to:stoppingOnError:into:))

Translates the given input from one Unicode encoding to another by calling
the given closure.

### Deprecated

[`UnicodeScalar`](/documentation/Swift/UnicodeScalar)

[`UTF8`](/documentation/Swift/UTF8)

[`UTF16`](/documentation/Swift/UTF16)

[`UTF32`](/documentation/Swift/UTF32)


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