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Erase the substring in the half‐open range `[first, last)]`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/iterator.adoc[iterator]
erase(
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/const_iterator.adoc[const_iterator] first,
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/const_iterator.adoc[const_iterator] last);
----

== Description

Return an iterator providing modifiable access to the character at the `last` position prior to erasing. If no such character exists, return `end()`. This method invalidates existing iterators pointing to `first` or a subsequent position. The behavior is undefined unless `first` and `last` are both within the range `[cbegin() .. cend()]` and `first <= last`.

== Return Value

iterator following the last removed character

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *first*
| beginning of the range to erase
| *last*
| end of the range to erase
|===


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