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Atomically swap `atomicUint` with sequential consistency.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bsls_atomicoperations.h>`

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static
unsigned int
swapUint(
    xref:BloombergLP/bsls/Atomic_TypeTraits-0b/Uint.adoc[AtomicTypes::Uint]* atomicUint,
    unsigned int swapValue);
----

== Description

Atomically set the value of the specified `atomicUint` to the specified `swapValue`, and return its previous value, providing the sequential consistency memory ordering guarantee.

== Return Value

previous value of `atomicUint`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *atomicUint*
| atomic unsigned integer to modify
| *swapValue*
| value to store
|===


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