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Return the distance from the underlying iterator of `b` to that of `a`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_transformiterator.h>`

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template<
    class FUNCTOR,
    class ITERATOR>
bdlb::TransformIterator<FUNCTOR, ITERATOR>::difference_type
operator‐(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/TransformIterator.adoc[TransformIterator<FUNCTOR, ITERATOR>] const& a,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/TransformIterator.adoc[TransformIterator<FUNCTOR, ITERATOR>] const& b);
----

== Description

Return the result of subtracting the underlying iterator of the specified `b` object from the underlying iterator of the specified `a` object. The behavior is undefined if this subtraction is undefined.

== Return Value

the distance from the underlying iterator of `b` to that of `a`

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *a*
| left‐hand operand
| *b*
| right‐hand operand
|===


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