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Write the value of the specified `object` to the specified `output` stream&period;

== Synopsis

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

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template&lt;
    class t&lowbar;CHAR&lowbar;TYPE,
    class t&lowbar;CHAR&lowbar;TRAITS,
    class t&lowbar;ALLOC&gt;
std::basic&lowbar;ostream&lt;t&lowbar;CHAR&lowbar;TYPE, t&lowbar;CHAR&lowbar;TRAITS&gt;&
operator&lt;&lt;(
    std::basic&lowbar;ostream&lt;t&lowbar;CHAR&lowbar;TYPE, t&lowbar;CHAR&lowbar;TRAITS&gt;& output,
    xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/IoManip_QuotedStringFormatter.adoc[IoManip&lowbar;QuotedStringFormatter&lt;t&lowbar;CHAR&lowbar;TYPE, t&lowbar;CHAR&lowbar;TRAITS, t&lowbar;ALLOC&gt;] const& object);
----


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