[#bsl-optional-072-operator_assign-09]
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Assign a new value to this optional.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_optional.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
constexpr
xref:bsl/optional-072.adoc[optional<t_TYPE>]&
operator=(xref:bsl/nullopt_t.adoc[bsl::nullopt_t] nullopt) noexcept;
----

== Description

Reset this object to be disengaged and return a reference providing modifiable access to this object. This assignment operator can be called in constant expressions only when `t_TYPE` is not allocator‐aware.

== Return Value

reference providing modifiable access to this object

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *nullopt*
| disengaged‐optional tag; value is unused
|===


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