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Assign to the specified `variable` the `signed char` value read from the specified input `stream`, and return a reference to `stream`. The optionally specified `version` is ignored. If `stream` is initially invalid, this operation has no effect. If `stream` becomes invalid during this operation, `variable` has an undefined, but valid, state. See the `bslx` package‐level documentation for more information on BDEX streaming of value‐semantic types and containers.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslx_instreamfunctions.h>`

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template<class STREAM>
STREAM&
bdexStreamIn(
    STREAM& stream,
    signed char& variable,
    int version = 0);
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