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Write a five‐byte signed integer to this stream.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslx_byteoutstream.h>`

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== Description

Write to this stream the five‐byte, two's complement integer (in network byte order) comprised of the least‐significant five bytes of the specified `value` (in host byte order), and return a reference to this stream. If this stream is initially invalid, this operation has no effect.

== Return Value

a reference to this stream

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *value*
| signed integer to write
|===


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