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Assignment operators

== Synopses

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

Copy‐assign from the specified `rhs` string.


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Assign a new value to this string.


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Move‐assign from the specified `rhs` string and return `*this`.


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Assign a new value to this string.


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xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/operator_assign-07.adoc[operator=](std::initializer_list<CHAR_TYPE> values);
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Assign a new value to this string.


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Assign to this string the value of the specified `rhs` object, and return a reference providing modifiable access to this string.


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template<class STRING_VIEW_LIKE_TYPE>
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Assign to this string the value of the specified `rhs` string, and return a reference providing modifiable access to this string.


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template<class ALLOC2>
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xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/operator_assign-034.adoc[operator=](std::basic_string<CHAR_TYPE, CHAR_TRAITS, ALLOC2> const& rhs);
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== Return Value

* reference to this string
* reference providing modifiable access to this string

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *rhs*
| string whose value is assigned
| *character*
| character value
| *values*
| initializer list of characters
|===


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