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Write the value of the specified `object` to the specified `output` stream.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_iomanip.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template<
    class t_CHAR_TYPE,
    class t_CHAR_TRAITS,
    class t_ALLOC>
std::basic_ostream<t_CHAR_TYPE, t_CHAR_TRAITS>&
operator<<(
    std::basic_ostream<t_CHAR_TYPE, t_CHAR_TRAITS>& output,
    xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/IoManip_QuotedStringFormatter.adoc[IoManip_QuotedStringFormatter<t_CHAR_TYPE, t_CHAR_TRAITS, t_ALLOC>] const& object);
----

== Return Value

reference to the output stream

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *output*
| output stream to which to write the quoted string
| *object*
| formatter providing the string and quote style to write
|===


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