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Write the string representation of the specified enumeration `rhs` to the specified `stream` in a single&hyphen;line format, and return a reference to the modifiable `stream`&period; See `dataTypeToAscii` for what constitutes the string representation of a `Datum&colon;&colon;DataType` value&period;

== Synopsis

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

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


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