[#BloombergLP-bdlb-NullOutputIterator-operator_star] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlb.adoc[bdlb]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/NullOutputIterator.adoc[NullOutputIterator]::operator* :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return an object that can appear on the left‐hand side of an assignment from `TYPE`. The assignment to the returned object has no effect. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdlb_nulloutputiterator.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/NullOutputIterator/AssignmentProxy.adoc[NullOutputIterator<TYPE>::AssignmentProxy] operator*(); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#