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Return a reference to the character at the specified position.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

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operator[](xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/size_type.adoc[size_type] position);
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== Description

Return a reference providing modifiable access to the character at the specified `position` in this string if `position < length()`, or a reference providing non‐modifiable access to the null‐terminating character if `position == length()`. The behavior is undefined unless `position <= length()`, and, in the case of `position == length()`, the null‐terminating character is not modified through the returned reference.

== Return Value

reference to the character at `position`

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *position*
| starting index
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