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Create a string and insert (in order) each `CHAR_TYPE` object in the specified `values` initializer list. 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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basic_string(
    std::initializer_list<char16_t> values,
    xref:bsl/allocator-0df.adoc[allocator<char16_t>] const& basicAllocator = ALLOCATOR());
----


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