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Access to a set of type&hyphen;erased formatting arguments&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bslfmt&lowbar;format&lowbar;args&period;h&gt;`

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----
template&lt;class t&lowbar;CONTEXT&gt;
class basic&lowbar;format&lowbar;args;
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== Description

This class provides access to formatting arguments&period; It should not be constructed directly but indirectly using one of the `make&lowbar;format&lowbar;args` or the `make&lowbar;wformat&lowbar;args` functions&period; Note that this type has reference semantics and users must ensure that this type does not outlive the arguments used in its construction&period;

== Member Functions

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|===
| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bslfmt/basic_format_args/2constructor-0e.adoc[`basic&lowbar;format&lowbar;args`]         [.small]#[constructor]#
| Constructors
| xref:BloombergLP/bslfmt/basic_format_args/get.adoc[`get`] 
| Return the argument held at the position given by the specified `pos`&period; If `pos &gt;&equals; size()` then a default&hyphen;constructed `basic&lowbar;format&lowbar;arg` is returned&period;
|===


== Friends

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|===
| Name| Description
| `xref:BloombergLP/bslfmt/Format_ArgsUtil.adoc[BloombergLP::bslfmt::Format&lowbar;ArgsUtil]`
| Utility functions for manipulating format argument types&period;
|===


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