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Create a string that has the same value as the specified `object`. Optionally specify a `basicAllocator` used to supply memory. If `basicAllocator` is not specified, then a default‐constructed allocator is used.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

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template<class STRING_VIEW_LIKE_TYPE>
explicit
basic_string(STRING_VIEW_LIKE_TYPE const& object);
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