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Return an `std&colon;&colon;basic&lowbar;string` (synonymous with `std&colon;&colon;basic&lowbar;string`) having the value of the string bound to this string reference&period;

== Synopsis

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

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operator std::basic&lowbar;string&lt;CHAR&lowbar;TYPE&gt;() const;
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== Return Value

`std&colon;&colon;basic&lowbar;string` copy of the referenced character sequence


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