[#BloombergLP-bdlb-NullableValue-value-01] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlb.adoc[bdlb]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/NullableValue.adoc[NullableValue]::value :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return a reference providing modifiable access to the underlying `TYPE` object. The behavior is undefined unless this object is non‐null. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdlb_nullablevalue.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- TYPE& value(); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#