a class="link" href="../basics.html#spirit.karma.reference.basics.lazy_argument">Lazy
                  Argument</a> that evaluates to an unsigned integer value defining
                  the number of items to emit in between the column separators
                </p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
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