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# ColumnEncodingError

A column encoding error.

```
struct ColumnEncodingError
```

## Overview

An error bundles an
<doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/EncodingError>
with the row and column that produces the error.

## Topics

### Creating an Encoding Error

[`init(columnName: String, rowIndex: Int, encodingError: EncodingError)`](/documentation/TabularData/ColumnEncodingError/init(columnName:rowIndex:encodingError:))

Creates a column encoding error.

### Getting Error Information

[`var columnName: String`](/documentation/TabularData/ColumnEncodingError/columnName)

The name of the column with the error.

[`var debugDescription: String`](/documentation/TabularData/ColumnEncodingError/debugDescription)

A text representation of the column encoding error suitable for debugging.

[`var encodingError: EncodingError`](/documentation/TabularData/ColumnEncodingError/encodingError)

The underlying encoding error.

[`var rowIndex: Int`](/documentation/TabularData/ColumnEncodingError/rowIndex)

The index of the column’s element with the error.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

[`LocalizedError`](/documentation/Foundation/LocalizedError)

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

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