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Append fill bytes to bring `dest` to a greater length.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlbb_blobutil.h>`

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static
void
append(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlbb/Blob.adoc[Blob]* dest,
    int length,
    char fill);
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== Description

Append the specified `length` bytes to the specified `dest`, all new bytes are to be set to the specified `fill`. The behavior is undefined unless `length <= dest‐>totalSize() ‐ dest‐>length()` or `0 != dest‐>factory()`.

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *dest*
| destination blob
| *length*
| number of fill bytes to append
| *fill*
| byte value used for each appended byte
|===


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