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Write the specified `object` to the specified output `stream` in some reasonable (multi&hyphen;line) format, and return a reference to `stream`&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bslx&lowbar;testoutstream&period;h&gt;`

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----
std::ostream&
operator&lt;&lt;(
    std::ostream& stream,
    xref:BloombergLP/bslx/TestOutStream.adoc[TestOutStream] const& object);
----

== Return Value

a reference to `stream`

== Parameters

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


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