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Return a reference to the character at the specified position.

== Synopses

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

Return a reference to the character at the specified position.


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Return a reference to the character at the specified position.


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== Return Value

reference to the character at `position`

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *position*
| starting index
|===


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