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Access to the put area&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bslstl&lowbar;stringbuf&period;h&gt;`

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char&lowbar;type*
pbase() const;
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== Description

@&lcub;

These functions are only available to other protected functions, including derived classes&period;

* pbase() returns the beginning pointer for the output sequence
* pptr() returns the next pointer for the output sequence
* epptr() returns the end pointer for the output sequence


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