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Return the address of the first character of the string bound to this string reference such that `&lsqb;data() &period;&period; data()&plus;length())&rsqb;` is a valid half&hyphen;open range of characters&period; Note that the range of characters might not be null&hyphen;terminated and may contain embedded null characters&period;

== Synopsis

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

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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wchar&lowbar;t const*
data() const;
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