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`createStringRef` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bdld_datum.h>`

Return a datum referring to the string described by `value`.


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static
xref:BloombergLP/bdld/Datum.adoc[Datum]
xref:BloombergLP/bdld/Datum/createStringRef-04b.adoc[createStringRef](
    xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/StringRef.adoc[bslstl::StringRef] const& value,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdld/Datum/AllocatorType.adoc[AllocatorType] const& allocator);
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Return a datum referring to the specified null‐terminated string.


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static
xref:BloombergLP/bdld/Datum.adoc[Datum]
xref:BloombergLP/bdld/Datum/createStringRef-01.adoc[createStringRef](
    char const* string,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdld/Datum/AllocatorType.adoc[AllocatorType] const& allocator);
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Return a datum referring to the specified string without copying it.


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static
xref:BloombergLP/bdld/Datum.adoc[Datum]
xref:BloombergLP/bdld/Datum/createStringRef-0e.adoc[createStringRef](
    char const* string,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdld/Datum/SizeType.adoc[SizeType] length,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdld/Datum/AllocatorType.adoc[AllocatorType] const& allocator);
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== Return Value

* a datum referring to the string described by `value`
* a datum referring to the specified null‐terminated string
* a datum referring to the specified string without copying it

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *value*
| string reference to wrap
| *allocator*
| memory allocator to use
| *string*
| UTF‐8 null‐terminated string to reference
| *length*
| length of `string` in bytes
|===


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