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Return an `IndexSpan` object transformed from the specified `original` using the specified `shrinkBegin` and `shrinkEnd` so that its position is `original.position() + shrinkBegin` and whose length is `original.length() ‐ (shrinkBegin + shrinkEnd)`. The behavior is undefined unless `shrinkBegin + shrinkEnd <= original.length()`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_indexspanutil.h>`

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static
xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/IndexSpan.adoc[IndexSpan]
shrink(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/IndexSpan.adoc[IndexSpan] const& original,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/IndexSpan/size_type.adoc[IndexSpan::size_type] shrinkBegin,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/IndexSpan/size_type.adoc[IndexSpan::size_type] shrinkEnd);
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