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Subtraction operators

== Synopses

Declared in `<bdlc_bitarray.h>`

Return the bitwise MINUS of the specified `lhs` and `rhs` arrays.


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xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/BitArray.adoc[bdlc::BitArray]
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_minus-0a9.adoc[operator‐](
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/BitArray.adoc[BitArray] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/BitArray.adoc[BitArray] const& rhs);
----

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Return the signed distance between two iterators (see free `operator‐`).


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template<>
std::ptrdiff_t
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_minus-0af.adoc[operator‐](
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray_ConstIterator] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray_ConstIterator] const& rhs);
----

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Return the signed distance between two iterators (see free `operator‐`).


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template<>
std::ptrdiff_t
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_minus-05.adoc[operator‐<>](
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/PackedIntArrayConstIterator.adoc[PackedIntArrayConstIterator] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/PackedIntArrayConstIterator.adoc[PackedIntArrayConstIterator] const& rhs);
----

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Return an iterator at the negated specified offset from the given iterator (see free `operator‐`).


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template<>
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray_ConstIterator<TYPE>]
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_minus-01.adoc[operator‐](
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray_ConstIterator<TYPE>] const& iterator,
    std::ptrdiff_t offset);
----

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Return an iterator at the negated specified `offset` from `iterator`.


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template<class TYPE>
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[bdlc::CompactedArray_ConstIterator<TYPE>]
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_minus-03.adoc[operator‐](
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray_ConstIterator<TYPE>] const& iterator,
    std::ptrdiff_t offset);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_minus-03.adoc[_» more..._]#

Return the signed distance between the specified `lhs` and `rhs`.


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----
template<class TYPE>
std::ptrdiff_t
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_minus-08.adoc[operator‐](
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray_ConstIterator<TYPE>] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray_ConstIterator<TYPE>] const& rhs);
----

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Return the number of elements between `lhs` and `rhs`.


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----
template<class TYPE>
std::ptrdiff_t
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_minus-09.adoc[operator‐](
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/PackedIntArrayConstIterator.adoc[PackedIntArrayConstIterator<TYPE>] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/PackedIntArrayConstIterator.adoc[PackedIntArrayConstIterator<TYPE>] const& rhs);
----

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== Return Value

* bitwise MINUS of `lhs` and `rhs`
* signed distance from `rhs` to `lhs`
* iterator at the negated specified offset from `iterator`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *lhs*
| first operand
| *rhs*
| second operand
| *iterator*
| base iterator
| *offset*
| number of positions to move backward
|===


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