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Simple multiple&hyphen;character extraction&period;

== Synopsis

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

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
&lowbar;&lowbar;istream&lowbar;type&
get(
    char&lowbar;type* &lowbar;&lowbar;s,
    streamsize &lowbar;&lowbar;n);
----

== Description

Returns `get(&lowbar;&lowbar;s,&lowbar;&lowbar;n,widen(&apos;n&apos;))&period;`

== Return Value

&ast;this

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *&lowbar;&lowbar;s*
| Pointer to an array&period;
| *&lowbar;&lowbar;n*
| Maximum number of characters to store in _s&period;_
|===


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