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Access to the get area.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_stringbuf.h>`

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char_type*
eback() const;
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== Description

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These functions are only available to other protected functions, including derived classes.

* eback() returns the beginning pointer for the input sequence
* gptr() returns the next pointer for the input sequence
* egptr() returns the end pointer for the input sequence


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