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Return an iterator pointing the element at the specified `offset` before this iterator.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslalg_dequeiterator.h>`

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operator‐(std::ptrdiff_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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