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Return the specified `numBits` beginning at the specified `index` in this array as the low‐order bits of the returned value. The behavior is undefined unless `numBits <= sizeof(uint64_t) * CHAR_BIT` and `index + numBits <= length()`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlc_bitarray.h>`

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uint64_t
bits(
    std::size_t index,
    std::size_t numBits) const;
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