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Write the value of this object to the specified output `buffer` in a human‐readable format. Note that this human‐readable format is not fully specified, and can change without notice (as can `k_GUID_NUM_CHARS`). No trailing null terminator is written.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_guid.h>`

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void
format(bsl::span<char, k_GUID_NUM_CHARS> buffer) const;
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