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Assignment operators

== Synopses

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

Assign to this string the value of the string of length one consisting of the specified `character`, and return a reference providing modifiable access to this string.


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xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string<char8_t>]&
xref:bsl/basic_string-01d/operator_assign-070.adoc[operator=](char8_t character);
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Move‐assign from the specified `rhs` string and return `*this`.


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xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string<char8_t>]&
xref:bsl/basic_string-01d/operator_assign-00.adoc[operator=](xref:BloombergLP/bslmf/MovableRef.adoc[BloombergLP::bslmf::MovableRef<basic_string<char8_t>>] rhs) noexcept(/* see-below */);
----

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Assign to this string the value resulting from first clearing this string and then inserting (in order) each `CHAR_TYPE` object in the specified `values` initializer list.


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xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string<char8_t>]&
xref:bsl/basic_string-01d/operator_assign-0ad.adoc[operator=](std::initializer_list<char8_t> values);
----

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Assign to this string the value of the specified `rhs` string, propagate to this object the allocator of `rhs` if the `ALLOCATOR` type has trait `propagate_on_container_copy_assignment`, and return a reference providing modifiable access to this string.


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xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string<char8_t>]&
xref:bsl/basic_string-01d/operator_assign-073.adoc[operator=](xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string<char8_t>] const& rhs);
----

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Assign to this string the value of the specified null‐terminated `rhs` string (of length `CHAR_TRAITS::length(characterString)`), and return a reference providing modifiable access to this string.


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string<char8_t>]&
xref:bsl/basic_string-01d/operator_assign-0fa.adoc[operator=](char8_t const* rhs);
----

[.small]#xref:bsl/basic_string-01d/operator_assign-0fa.adoc[_» more..._]#

Assign to this string the value of the specified `rhs` object, and return a reference providing modifiable access to this string.


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template<class STRING_VIEW_LIKE_TYPE>
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string<char8_t>]&
xref:bsl/basic_string-01d/operator_assign-0ac.adoc[operator=](STRING_VIEW_LIKE_TYPE const& rhs);
----

[.small]#xref:bsl/basic_string-01d/operator_assign-0ac.adoc[_» more..._]#

Assign to this string the value of the specified `rhs` string, and return a reference providing modifiable access to this string.


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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template<class ALLOC2>
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string<char8_t>]&
xref:bsl/basic_string-01d/operator_assign-0f3.adoc[operator=](std::basic_string<char8_t, char_traits<char8_t>, ALLOC2> const& rhs);
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