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Remove the leaf element from a path&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdls&lowbar;pathutil&period;h&gt;`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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static
int
popLeaf(
    std::string* path,
    int rootEnd = &hyphen;1);
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== Description

Same as the overload taking `bsl&colon;&colon;string &ast;`&period;

== Return Value

0 on success, and a non&hyphen;zero value otherwise

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *path*
| path from which the leaf is removed
| *rootEnd*
| if non&hyphen;negative, position in `path` of the character following the root
|===


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