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Return an `IndexSpan` for the half‐open range [`begin`, `end`) in] `string`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_indexspanstringutil.h>`

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static
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/IndexSpan.adoc[IndexSpan]
create(
    std::string_view const& string,
    std::string_view::const_iterator begin,
    std::string_view::const_iterator end);
----

== Description

Return an `IndexSpan` describing the substring of the specified `string` starting at the specified `begin` and ending (not including) the specified `end`. The behavior is undefined unless `begin >= string.begin()`, `begin <= string.end()`, `end <= string.end()`, and `begin <= end`.

== Return Value

an `IndexSpan` describing the half‐open range [`begin`, `end`)]

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *string*
| string containing the substring
| *begin*
| iterator to the start of the substring
| *end*
| iterator one past the end of the substring
|===


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