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Insert characters into this string.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/iterator.adoc[iterator]
insert(
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/const_iterator.adoc[const_iterator] position,
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/size_type.adoc[size_type] numChars,
    CHAR_TYPE character);
----

== Description

Insert at the specified `position` in this string the specified `numChars` copies of the specified `character`, and return an iterator providing modifiable access to the first inserted character, or a non‐`const` copy of `position` if `0 == numChars`. The behavior is undefined unless `position` is a valid iterator on this string.

== Return Value

iterator referring to the first inserted character

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *position*
| starting index
| *numChars*
| number of characters
| *character*
| character value
|===


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