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Return the value stored in this object as a `short` in the native byte&hyphen;order&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdlb&lowbar;bigendian&period;h&gt;`

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operator short() const;
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== Return Value

host&hyphen;endian `short` value stored in this object


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