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Return the number of code units in the filler character sequence&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdldfp&lowbar;decimal&period;h&gt;`

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----
constexpr
int
fillerCharacters() const;
----

== Description

Return the number of filler characters in the array returned by `filler()`unless the status is not `e&lowbar;STATE&lowbar;POSTPROCESSED` in which case throw a `bsl&colon;&colon;format&lowbar;error` exception indicating that error&period;

== Return Value

number of code units in the filler character sequence


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