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# disallowedEncodingsKey

```
static let disallowedEncodingsKey: StringEncodingDetectionOptionsKey
```

## Discussion

Option specifying any string encodings not to be considered. The corresponding value for this key is an `NSArray` of `NSNumber` objects that contain `NSStringEncoding` values. If this option is unspecified, no additional string encodings are removed from consideration.

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