[#BloombergLP-bslstl-operator_plus-00] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bslstl.adoc[bslstl]::operator+ :relfileprefix: ../../ :mrdocs: Return the concatenation of the specified `lhs` string ref and the specified `rhs` `std::basic_string` value. == Synopsis Declared in `<bslstl_stringref.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- template<class CHAR_TYPE> xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[bsl::basic_string<CHAR_TYPE>] operator+( xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/StringRefImp-0c.adoc[StringRefImp<CHAR_TYPE>] const& lhs, std::basic_string<CHAR_TYPE> const& rhs); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#