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# Line

Struct in [Yarn](/api/csharp/yarn.md)

Inherits from `System.ValueType`

## Summary

A line of dialogue, sent from the [Dialogue](/api/csharp/yarn/yarn.dialogue.md) to the game.

```csharp
public struct Line
```

## Remarks

When the game receives a [Line](/api/csharp/yarn/yarn.line.md), it should do the following things to prepare the line for presentation to the user.

1. Use the value in the [ID](/api/csharp/yarn/yarn.line/yarn.line.id.md) field to look up the appropriate user-facing text in the string table.
2. Use [ExpandSubstitutions(string,IList\<string>)](/api/csharp/yarn.markup/yarn.markup.lineparser/yarn.markup.lineparser.expandsubstitutions.md) to replace all substitutions in the user-facing text.
3. Use `Yarn.Markup.LineParser.ParseString(System.String,System.String,System.Boolean,System.Boolean,System.Boolean)` to parse all markup in the line.

You typically do not create instances of this struct yourself. They are created by the [Dialogue](/api/csharp/yarn/yarn.dialogue.md) during program execution.

## Constructors

| Name                                                                     | Description                                                                     |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Line(string,string\[\])](/api/csharp/yarn/yarn.line/yarn.line..ctor.md) | Initialises a new instance of the [Line](/api/csharp/yarn/yarn.line.md) struct. |

## Properties

| Name                                                                   | Description                                                                   |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [ID](/api/csharp/yarn/yarn.line/yarn.line.id.md)                       | The string ID for this line.                                                  |
| [Substitutions](/api/csharp/yarn/yarn.line/yarn.line.substitutions.md) | The values that should be inserted into the user-facing text before delivery. |

## See Also

* [Dialogue.LineHandler](/api/csharp/yarn/yarn.dialogue/yarn.dialogue.linehandler.md): Gets or sets the [LineHandler](/api/csharp/yarn/yarn.linehandler.md) that is called when a line is ready to be shown to the user.


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