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`back` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

Return a reference providing modifiable access to the character at the last position in this string. The behavior is undefined if this string is empty. Note that the last position is `length() ‐ 1`.


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CHAR_TYPE&
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Return a reference providing non‐modifiable access to the character at the last position in this string. The behavior is undefined if this string is empty. Note that the last position is `length() ‐ 1`.


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CHAR_TYPE const&
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