[#BloombergLP-balm-MetricFormatSpec-formatValue] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/balm.adoc[balm]::xref:BloombergLP/balm/MetricFormatSpec.adoc[MetricFormatSpec]::formatValue :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Write the specified `value` to the specified `stream` using the specified `format`, and return a reference to the modifiable `stream`. == Synopsis Declared in `<balm_metricformat.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- static std::ostream& formatValue( std::ostream& stream, double value, xref:BloombergLP/balm/MetricFormatSpec.adoc[MetricFormatSpec] const& format); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#