[#bsl-basic_istringstream-getline-0a3]
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Extract characters into `buffer` until `delimiter`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_istringstream.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
xref:bsl/basic_istringstream.adoc[BaseStream]&
getline(
    xref:bsl/basic_istringstream/char_type.adoc[char_type]* buffer,
    std::streamsize count,
    xref:bsl/basic_istringstream/char_type.adoc[char_type] delimiter);
----

== Return Value

a reference to this stream

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *buffer*
| destination character array
| *count*
| maximum number of characters to store
| *delimiter*
| character that stops extraction
|===


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