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Load into the specified `prevPair` a reference to the pair that appears in the list before the pair identified by the specified `reference`. Return 0 on success, or a non‐zero value if `reference` refers to the front of the list.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlcc_skiplist.h>`

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----
int
previous(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlcc/SkipList-0a/PairHandle.adoc[PairHandle]* prevPair,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlcc/SkipList-0a/Pair.adoc[Pair] const* reference) const;
----


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