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Return a reference to the element at which this iterator is positioned&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bslstl&lowbar;hashtablebucketiterator&period;h&gt;`

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== Description

Return a reference providing modifiable access to the element (of the template parameter `VALUE&lowbar;TYPE`) at which this iterator is positioned&period; The behavior is undefined unless the iterator refers to a valid (not yet erased) element in a hash table bucket&period; Note that this iterator is invalidated when the underlying hash table is rehashed&period;

== Return Value

reference to the element at which this iterator is positioned


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