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Functions like <<ref_value_if_object,`value::if_object`>> actually return a pointer to the object if the value is an object, otherwise they return null. This allows them to be used both in boolean contexts as above, and in assignments or conditional expressions to capture the value of the pointer:
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The following table shows all of the ways to determine and access the contents of a <<ref_value>>:
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^|&mdash; |<<ref_value_try_as_null>> ^|&mdash; ^|&mdash;
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The emplace members of <<ref_value>> return a typed reference to the underlying representation. For example, the call to <<ref_value_emplace_string,`value::emplace_string`>> in the previous example returns a <<ref_string,`string&`>>. This table shows the underlying type for each kind:
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If the <<ref_kind>> of a <<ref_value>> is known, functions such as <<ref_value_as_bool,`value::as_bool`>> or <<ref_value_as_string,`value::as_string`>> may be used to obtain a reference to the underlying representation without changing the existing value:
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We can query a value for its underlying representation of a particular kind in a way that does not throw exceptions by requesting a pointer which may be null, instead of a reference. Here we use <<ref_value_if_string,`value::if_string`>> to conditionally perform an assignment without using exceptions:
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