field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">CI_Output</p>
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<p>Permits you to manually set the final output string. Usage example:</p>
<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">output</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">set_output</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">);</span>
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