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Replace this value with a `JsonNumber` initialized from `number`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdljsn_json.h>`

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xref:BloombergLP/bdljsn/JsonNumber.adoc[JsonNumber]&
makeNumber(xref:BloombergLP/bdljsn/JsonNumber.adoc[JsonNumber] const& number);
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== Description

Create an instance of type `JsonNumber` in this object, using the allocator currently held by this object to supply memory, and return a reference providing modifiable access to the created instance. Initialize the `JsonNumber` from the specified `number`. This method first destroys the current value held by this object (even if the type currently held is `JsonNumber`).

== Return Value

a reference providing modifiable access to the held `JsonNumber`

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *number*
| value used to initialize the created number
|===


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