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Remove a prefix of this view and return a view of the removed bytes.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslim_fuzzdataview.h>`

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removePrefix(std::size_t numBytes);
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== Description

Remove the specified initial `numBytes` from this view if `numBytes <= length()` and remove `length()` bytes otherwise; return a view to the bytes that were removed. Note that this method will decrease the length of this view by `min(numBytes, length())` bytes.

== Return Value

a view of the bytes that were removed

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *numBytes*
| number of bytes to remove from the start of this view
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