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Assign to this string the value of a string of the specified `numChars` length whose every character is equal to the specified `character`, and return a reference providing modifiable access to this string.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

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----
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assign(
    xref:bsl/basic_string-01d/size_type.adoc[size_type] numChars,
    char8_t character);
----


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