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Copy the value of the specified `rhs` of another (compatible) `ForwardIterator` type, (e&period;g&period;, a mutable iterator of the same type) to this iterator&period; Return a reference to this modifiable object&period; Note that this method may be the copy&hyphen;assignment operator (inhibiting the implicit declaration of a copy&hyphen;assignment operator above), or may be an additional overload&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bslstl&lowbar;forwarditerator&period;h&gt;`

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