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Load into the specified `result` the enumerator matching the specified `string` of the specified `stringLength`. Return 0 on success, and a non‐zero value with no effect on `result` if `string` and `stringLength` do not match any enumerator.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlat_enumfunctions.h>`

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----
template<class TYPE>
int
fromString(
    TYPE* result,
    char const* string,
    int stringLength);
----


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