[#BloombergLP-bdlc-operator_minus-0af] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlc.adoc[bdlc]::operator‐ :relfileprefix: ../../ :mrdocs: Return the signed distance between two iterators (see free `operator‐`). == Synopsis Declared in `<bdlc_compactedarray.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- template<> std::ptrdiff_t operator‐( xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray_ConstIterator] const&, xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray_ConstIterator] const&); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#