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Return the number of business days in `[beginDate .. endDate]`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlt_packedcalendar.h>`

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----
int
numBusinessDays(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Date.adoc[Date] const& beginDate,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Date.adoc[Date] const& endDate) const;
----

== Description

Return the number of days in the specified range `[beginDate .. endDate]` of this calendar that are considered business days ‐‐ i.e., are neither holidays nor weekend days. The behavior is undefined unless `beginDate` and `endDate` are within the valid range of this calendar, and `beginDate <= endDate`.

== Return Value

the number of business days in `[beginDate .. endDate]`

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *beginDate*
| first date of the queried range
| *endDate*
| last date of the queried range
|===


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