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Return an iterator pointing the element at the specified `offset` before this iterator&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bslalg&lowbar;dequeiterator&period;h&gt;`

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operator&hyphen;(std::ptrdiff&lowbar;t offset) const;
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== Return Value

iterator pointing `offset` elements before this iterator

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *offset*
| number of elements before this iterator
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