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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.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

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