toggle-link" data-toggle="collapse" href="#comment-var-startindex_-string-characterview-index">var startIndex: String.CharacterView.Index</a><div class="comment collapse" id="comment-var-startindex_-string-characterview-index"><div class="p">
    <p>The position of the first <code>Character</code> if <code>self</code> is
non-empty; identical to <code>endIndex</code> otherwise.</p>

    <h4>Declaration</h4>    
    <code class="language-swift">var startIndex: String.CharacterView.Index { get }</code>

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