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Insert copies of a value, shifting existing elements toward the front.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslalg_dequeprimitives.h>`

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template<class ALLOCATOR>
static
void
insertAndMoveToFront(
    xref:BloombergLP/bslalg/DequePrimitives-0c/Iterator.adoc[Iterator]* toBegin,
    xref:BloombergLP/bslalg/DequePrimitives-0c/Iterator.adoc[Iterator] fromBegin,
    xref:BloombergLP/bslalg/DequePrimitives-0c/Iterator.adoc[Iterator] position,
    xref:BloombergLP/bslalg/DequePrimitives-0c/size_type.adoc[size_type] numElements,
    VALUE_TYPE const& value,
    ALLOCATOR allocator);
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== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *toBegin*
| loads the beginning iterator after insertion
| *fromBegin*
| current beginning of the deque
| *position*
| insertion position within the deque
| *numElements*
| number of copies of `value` to insert
| *value*
| value copied into each inserted element
| *allocator*
| allocator passed to element constructors
|===


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