[#absl-Cord-Distance]
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Returns the distance between `first` and `last`, as if `std::distance(first, last)` was called.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<absl/strings/cord.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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static
ptrdiff_t
Distance(
    xref:absl/Cord/CharIterator.adoc[CharIterator] const& first,
    xref:absl/Cord/CharIterator.adoc[CharIterator] const& last);
----

== Return Value

The number of characters between `first` and `last`.

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *first*
| The starting iterator.
| *last*
| The ending iterator.
|===


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