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Erase all the elements in the specified container `container` that satisfy the specified predicate `predicate`. Return the number of elements erased.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_algorithm.h>`

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----
template<
    class CONTAINER,
    class PREDICATE>
static
CONTAINER::size_type
containerEraseIf(
    CONTAINER& container,
    PREDICATE predicate);
----


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