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Return a reference to the element at the specified position.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_vector.h>`

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operator[](xref:bsl/vectorBase-06/size_type.adoc[size_type] position) const;
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== Description

Return a reference providing non‐modifiable access to the element at the specified `position` in this vector. The behavior is undefined unless `position < size()`.

== Return Value

non‐modifiable reference to the element at `position`

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *position*
| element position or insertion point
|===


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