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# strokePath()

Paints a line along the current path.

```
func strokePath()
```

## Discussion

The line width and stroke color of the context’s graphics state are used to paint the path. The current path is cleared as a side effect of calling this function.

## See Also

[`CGContextFillPath`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGContextFillPath)

Paints the area within the current path, using the nonzero winding number rule.

[`CGContextEOFillPath`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGContextEOFillPath)

Paints the area within the current path, using the even-odd fill rule.


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