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# CSVWritingOptions

A set of CSV file-writing options.

```
struct CSVWritingOptions
```

## Topics

### Initializers

[`init()`](/documentation/TabularData/CSVWritingOptions/init())

Creates the default set of options for writing a CSV file.

[`init(includesHeader: Bool, dateFormat: String?, nilEncoding: String, trueEncoding: String, falseEncoding: String, newline: String, delimiter: Character)`](/documentation/TabularData/CSVWritingOptions/init(includesHeader:dateFormat:nilEncoding:trueEncoding:falseEncoding:newline:delimiter:))

Creates a set of options for writing a CSV file.

[`init(includesHeader: Bool, nilEncoding: String, trueEncoding: String, falseEncoding: String, newline: String, delimiter: Character)`](/documentation/TabularData/CSVWritingOptions/init(includesHeader:nilEncoding:trueEncoding:falseEncoding:newline:delimiter:))

Creates a set of options for writing a CSV file.

### Instance Properties

[`var dateFormat: String?`](/documentation/TabularData/CSVWritingOptions/dateFormat)

The format the CSV file generator uses to create date strings.

[`var dateFormatter: (Date) -> String`](/documentation/TabularData/CSVWritingOptions/dateFormatter)

A closure that maps dates to their string representations.

[`var delimiter: Character`](/documentation/TabularData/CSVWritingOptions/delimiter)

The character the CSV file generator uses to separate data fields in a CSV file.

[`var falseEncoding: String`](/documentation/TabularData/CSVWritingOptions/falseEncoding)

The string the CSV file generator uses to represent false Boolean values.

[`var includesHeader: Bool`](/documentation/TabularData/CSVWritingOptions/includesHeader)

A Boolean value that indicates whether to write a header with the column names.

[`var newline: String`](/documentation/TabularData/CSVWritingOptions/newline)

The string the CSV file generator uses to represent a newline sequence.

[`var nilEncoding: String`](/documentation/TabularData/CSVWritingOptions/nilEncoding)

The string the CSV file generator uses to represent nil values.

[`var trueEncoding: String`](/documentation/TabularData/CSVWritingOptions/trueEncoding)

The string the CSV file generator uses to represent true Boolean values.

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