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Write the output to `formatContext&period;out()` and return the output iterator after the output is done&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdlt&lowbar;formatter&period;h&gt;`

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----
template&lt;
    class t&lowbar;FORMAT&lowbar;CONTEXT,
    class t&lowbar;VALUE&gt;
t&lowbar;FORMAT&lowbar;CONTEXT::iterator
format(
    t&lowbar;VALUE const& value,
    t&lowbar;FORMAT&lowbar;CONTEXT& formatContext) const;
----


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