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Simple multiple‐character extraction.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_istringstream.h>`

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__istream_type&
get(
    char_type* __s,
    streamsize __n,
    char_type __delim);
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== Description

Characters are extracted and stored into ___s_ until one of the following happens:

* `__n‐1` characters are stored
* the input sequence reaches EOF
* the next character equals ___delim,_ in which case the character is not extracted

If no characters are stored, failbit is set in the stream's error state.

In any case, a null character is stored into the next location in the array.

[NOTE]
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This function is not overloaded on signed char and unsigned char.

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== Return Value

*this

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *__s*
| Pointer to an array.
| *__n*
| Maximum number of characters to store in ___s._
| *__delim*
| A "stop" character.
|===


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