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Format the specified `object` to the specified output `stream` at the (absolute value of) the optionally specified indentation `level` and return a reference to stream. Note that output will be formatted on one line. If `stream` is not valid on entry, this operation has no effect.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_printmethods.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template<
    class CHAR_T,
    class CHAR_TRAITS_T,
    class ALLOC>
std::ostream&
print(
    std::ostream& stream,
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[bsl::basic_string<CHAR_T, CHAR_TRAITS_T, ALLOC>] const& object,
    int level = 0,
    int spacesPerLevel = 4);
----


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