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Container‐based version of the <algorithm> `std::copy_n()` function to copy a container's first N elements into an iterator.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<absl/algorithm/container.h>`

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----
template<
    typename C,
    typename Size,
    typename OutputIterator>
constexpr
/* implementation-defined */
c_copy_n(
    C const& input,
    Size n,
    OutputIterator&& output);
----

== Return Value

An iterator to the end of the copied range in the output.

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *input*
| The container whose elements to copy.
| *n*
| The number of elements to copy.
| *output*
| The output iterator receiving the copied elements.
|===


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