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Emit a newline and indentation to the specified `stream`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_print.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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static
std::ostream&
newlineAndIndent(
    std::ostream& stream,
    int level,
    int spacesPerLevel = 4);
----

== Description

Emit to the specified `stream` a newline (`
`) followed by the number of spaces (` `) equal to the absolute value of the product of the specified `level` and `spacesPerLevel` or, if `spacesPerLevel` is negative, emit a single space (and _no_ newline). Return a reference providing modifiable access to `stream`. The behavior is undefined unless the absolute value of the product of the specified `level` and `spacesPerLevel` is representable as `int`.

== Return Value

a reference to `stream`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *stream*
| the output stream
| *level*
| the indentation level
| *spacesPerLevel*
| spaces per indentation level
|===


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