[#BloombergLP-bdlt-FormatTestUtil]
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Namespace for static functions that test formatting of `bdlt` value types.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlt_formattestutil.h>`

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struct FormatTestUtil;
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== Description

This `struct` serves as a namespace for static functions to facilitate testing of formatting of `bdlt` value types ‐‐ used in the implementation of the above macros, and for conversion between `bsl::string` and `bsl::wstring`.

== Static Member Functions

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/FormatTestUtil/narrow.adoc[`narrow`] 
| Convert `viewIn` from `wchar_t` to `char` and return a `bsl::string`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/FormatTestUtil/testFormat.adoc[`testFormat`] 
| Compare `bsl::format` output of `value` to an expected string.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/FormatTestUtil/testFormatArg.adoc[`testFormatArg`] 
| Compare `bsl::format` output of `value` and `arg` to an expected string.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/FormatTestUtil/widen.adoc[`widen`] 
| Load the wide‐string version of `viewIn` into `result`.
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