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Return a modifiable reference to the value at `handle`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlc_hashtable.h>`

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VALUE&
value(xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/HashTable/Handle.adoc[Handle] const& handle);
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== Description

Return the reference to the modifiable value of the element identified by the specified `handle`. The behavior is undefined unless `handle` is valid. Note that this method will fail to compile unless the `VALUE` parameter is not `bslmf::Nil`.

== Return Value

modifiable reference to the value of the element

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *handle*
| handle of the element whose value is returned
|===


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