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Return the double value represented by this object. The behavior is undefined unless this object actually represents a double value. If the returned value is NaN this method guarantees only that a NaN value will be returned. The sign and NaN payload bits of NaN values returned are unspecified (see also {Special Floating Point Values}.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdld_datum.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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double
theDouble() const;
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