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Return, by value, a datum that refers to the specified `string` having the specified `length`, using the specified `allocator` to supply memory (if needed). The behavior is undefined unless `0 != string || 0 == length`. The behavior is also undefined unless `length <= UINT_MAX`. Note that `string` is not copied, and is not freed if `Datum::destroy` is called on the returned object.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdld_datum.h>`

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static
xref:BloombergLP/bdld/Datum.adoc[Datum]
createStringRef(
    char const* string,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdld/Datum/SizeType.adoc[SizeType] length,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdld/Datum/AllocatorType.adoc[AllocatorType] const& allocator);
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