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Return a pointer to the character buffer of this string.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

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----
CHAR_TYPE*
data() noexcept;
----

== Description

Return an address providing modifiable access to the null‐terminated buffer of `length() + 1` characters whose contents are identical to the value of this string. Note that any call to the string destructor or any of its manipulators invalidates the returned pointer.

== Return Value

pointer to the character buffer of this string


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