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Write a dotted decimal string representing the address to a buffer

== Synopsis


Declared in `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/ipv4_address.hpp#L216[boost/url/ipv4_address.hpp]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
core::string_view
to_buffer(
    char* dest,
    std::size_t dest_size) const;
----

== Description


The resulting buffer is not null‐terminated.



== Exceptions


|===
| Name | Thrown on

| `std::length_error`
| `dest_size < ipv4_address::max_str_len`


|===

== Return Value


The formatted string



== Parameters


|===
| Name | Description

| *dest*
| The buffer in which to write,        which must have at least `dest_size` space.


| *dest_size*
| The size of the output buffer.


|===



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