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Format the contained value according to `pc` into `fc`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslfmt_format_arg.h>`

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----
void
format(
    xref:BloombergLP/bslfmt/basic_format_parse_context.adoc[basic_format_parse_context<t_CHAR>]& pc,
    xref:BloombergLP/bslfmt/basic_format_context.adoc[basic_format_context<t_OUT, t_CHAR>]& fc) const;
----

== Description

Format the contained value using a formatter for the template parameter `t_TYPE` used in the construction of this object. The constructed formatter will parse the specification in the specified `pc` context and write the output to the specified `fc` context.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *pc*
| parse context supplying the format specification
| *fc*
| format context receiving the formatted output
|===


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