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Insert the specified `character` at the specified `position` in this string, and return an iterator providing modifiable access to the inserted character. The behavior is undefined unless `position` is a valid iterator on this string.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

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insert(
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0fb/const_iterator.adoc[const_iterator] position,
    char character);
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