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Write the specified `rhs` value to the specified output `stream` and return a reference to the modifiable `stream`&period; This function has no effect if `stream` is not valid on entry&period; Note that this method invokes `operator&lt;&lt;` defined for `Datum`&period; See the function&hyphen;level documentation of the `operator&lt;&lt;` defined for `Datum` for details of the format of the output&period;

== Synopsis

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

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std::ostream&
operator&lt;&lt;(
    std::ostream& stream,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdld/ManagedDatum.adoc[ManagedDatum] const& rhs);
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