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`append` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

Append to this string each `CHAR_TYPE` object in the specified `values` initializer list, and return a reference providing modifiable access to this string.


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xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string]&
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/append-011.adoc[append](std::initializer_list<CHAR_TYPE> values);
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Append to this string the specified `suffix`, and return a reference providing modifiable access to this string.


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xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string]&
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/append-0f.adoc[append](xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string] const& suffix);
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Append characters to this string.


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xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string]&
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/append-07.adoc[append](CHAR_TYPE const* characterString);
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Append characters to this string.


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template<class STRING_VIEW_LIKE_TYPE>
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string]&
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/append-02.adoc[append](STRING_VIEW_LIKE_TYPE const& suffix);
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Append the specified `numChars` copies of the specified `character` to this string, and return a reference providing modifiable access to this string.


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xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string]&
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/append-05.adoc[append](
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/size_type.adoc[size_type] numChars,
    CHAR_TYPE character);
----

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Append characters to this string.


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----
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string]&
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/append-0d.adoc[append](
    CHAR_TYPE const* characterString,
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/size_type.adoc[size_type] numChars);
----

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Append the characters in the iterator range `[first, last)]`.


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template<class INPUT_ITER>
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string]&
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/append-01e.adoc[append](
    INPUT_ITER first,
    INPUT_ITER last);
----

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Append a substring of `suffix` to this string.


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xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string]&
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/append-06.adoc[append](
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string] const& suffix,
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/size_type.adoc[size_type] position,
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/size_type.adoc[size_type] numChars = npos);
----

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Append characters to this string.


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template<class STRING_VIEW_LIKE_TYPE>
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string]&
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/append-08.adoc[append](
    STRING_VIEW_LIKE_TYPE const& suffix,
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/size_type.adoc[size_type] position,
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/size_type.adoc[size_type] numChars = npos);
----

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== Return Value

* reference providing modifiable access to this string
* a reference to this string

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *values*
| initializer list of characters
| *suffix*
| characters to append
| *characterString*
| pointer to characters
| *numChars*
| number of characters
| *character*
| character value
| *first*
| beginning of the character range to append
| *last*
| end of the character range to append (one past last)
| *position*
| starting index in `suffix`
|===


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