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Write the output to `formatContext.out()` and return the output iterator after the output is done.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlt_formatter.h>`

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template<
    class t_FORMAT_CONTEXT,
    class t_VALUE>
t_FORMAT_CONTEXT::iterator
format(
    t_VALUE const& value,
    t_FORMAT_CONTEXT& formatContext) const;
----


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