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Create a string that has the same value as the specified `original` string. Use the allocator returned by 'bsl::allocator_traits<ALLOCATOR>:: select_on_container_copy_construction(original.get_allocator())' to supply memory.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

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basic_string(xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string] const& original);
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