[#bsl-basic_string-0faf-assign-089] = xref:bsl.adoc[bsl]::xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string]::assign :relfileprefix: ../../ :mrdocs: Assign to this string the characters in the range starting at the specified `first` iterator and ending right before the specified `last` iterator of the (template parameter) type `INPUT_ITER`. Return a reference providing modifiable access to this string. The behavior is undefined unless `first` and `last` refer to a sequence of valid values where `first` is at a position at or before `last`. == Synopsis Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- template<class INPUT_ITER> xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string]& assign( INPUT_ITER first, INPUT_ITER last); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#