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        <h2>Function <a href="#">ipv6_address</a>::
to_string</h2>
        <p><span>Return the address as a string.</span></p>


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        <h3>Synopsis</h3>
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            template<class StringToken = string_token::return_string>
StringToken::result_type
to_string(StringToken&& token) const;
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        <h3>Description</h3>
        <p><span>The returned string does not</span> <span>contain surrounding square brackets.</span></p>

<p><span>When called with no arguments, the</span>
<span>return type is `std::string`.</span>
<span>Otherwise, the return type and style</span>
<span>of output is determined by which string</span>
<span>token is passed.</span></p>

<h3>Example</h3>
<code>
ipv6_address::bytes_type b = {{
        0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4,
        0, 5, 0, 6, 0, 7, 0, 8 }};
ipv6_address a(b);
assert(a.to_string() == "1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8");
assert( ipv4_address(0x01020304).to_string() == "1.2.3.4" );
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<h3>Complexity</h3>
<p><span>Constant.</span></p>

<h3>Exception Safety</h3>
<p><span>Strong guarantee.</span>
<span>Calls to allocate may throw.</span>
<span>String tokens may throw exceptions.</span></p>

<h3>Specification</h3>
<li><a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4291#section-2.2">            2.2. Text Representation of Addresses (rfc4291)</a></li>

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