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# NSTextLocation

An interface you implement that represents an abstract location inside your document’s content.

```
protocol NSTextLocation : NSObjectProtocol
```

## Topics

### Comparing text locations

[`compare(_:)`](/documentation/UIKit/NSTextLocation/compare(_:))

Compares and returns the logical ordering to location.


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