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

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdld&lowbar;datum&period;h&gt;`

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