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Append the specified `numChars` copies of the specified `character` to this string, and return a reference providing modifiable access to this string.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

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----
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string<char8_t>]&
append(
    xref:bsl/basic_string-01d/size_type.adoc[size_type] numChars,
    char8_t character);
----


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