[#BloombergLP-bdlb-operator_minus-04] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlb.adoc[bdlb]::operator‐ :relfileprefix: ../../ :mrdocs: Return the result of subtracting the underlying iterator of the specified `a` object from the underlying iterator of the specified `b` object. The behavior is undefined if this subtraction is undefined. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdlb_transformiterator.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- template< class FUNCTOR, class ITERATOR> bdlb::TransformIterator<FUNCTOR, ITERATOR>::difference_type operator‐( xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/TransformIterator.adoc[TransformIterator<FUNCTOR, ITERATOR>] const& a, xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/TransformIterator.adoc[TransformIterator<FUNCTOR, ITERATOR>] const& b); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#