[#BloombergLP-bdlcc-SkipList-0a-previousRaw]
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Load a raw reference to the pair before `reference`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlcc_skiplist.h>`

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----
int
previousRaw(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlcc/SkipList-0a/Pair.adoc[Pair]** prevPair,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlcc/SkipList-0a/Pair.adoc[Pair] const* reference) const;
----

== Description

The `prevPair` reference must be released (using `releaseReferenceRaw`) when it is no longer needed. Return 0 on success, or a non‐zero value if `reference` refers to the front of the list.

== Return Value

0 on success, or a non‐zero value if `reference` is at the front

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *prevPair*
| receives a reference to the previous pair
| *reference*
| pair in this list
|===


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