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input_port
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**[flow_graph.input_port]**

A template function that returns a reference to a specific input port of a given
``join_node``, ``indexer_node`` or ``composite_node``.

.. code:: cpp

    // Defined in header <tbb/flow_graph.h>

    namespace tbb {
    namespace flow {

        template<size_t N, typename NodeType>
        /*implementation-defined*/& input_port(NodeType &n);

    } // namespace flow
    } // namespace tbb

See also:

* :doc:`join_node template class <join_node_cls>`
* :doc:`indexer_node template class <indexer_node_cls>`
* :doc:`composite_node template class <composite_node_cls>`