[#BloombergLP-bdls-FilesystemUtil_CStringUtil-flatten-0a] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdls.adoc[bdls]::xref:BloombergLP/bdls/FilesystemUtil_CStringUtil.adoc[FilesystemUtil_CStringUtil]::flatten :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return a temporary `bsl::string` constructed from the specified `stringView`. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdls_filesystemutil.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- static xref:bsl/string.adoc[bsl::string] flatten(std::string_view const& stringView); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#