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Format the specified `rhs` to the specified output `stream`&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdljsn&lowbar;writeoptions&period;h&gt;`

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----
std::ostream&
operator&lt;&lt;(
    std::ostream& stream,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdljsn/WriteOptions.adoc[WriteOptions] const& rhs);
----

== Return Value

a non&hyphen;`const` reference to `stream`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *stream*
| output stream
| *rhs*
| options object to format
|===


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