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Assign to this iterator the value of a compatible iterator.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_forwarditerator.h>`

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== Description

Copy the value of the specified `rhs` of another (compatible) `ForwardIterator` type, (e.g., a mutable iterator of the same type) to this iterator. Return a reference to this modifiable object. Note that this method may be the copy‐assignment operator (inhibiting the implicit declaration of a copy‐assignment operator above), or may be an additional overload.

== Return Value

reference providing modifiable access to this object

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *rhs*
| compatible iterator to assign from
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