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Return a reference providing modifiable access to the underlying string&period; Note that this operation provides modifiable access to the string because this type is designed so that its objects are created as temporary objects that proxy an underlying string (see class documentation)&period;

== Synopsis

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

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