[#bsl-erase-07]
= xref:bsl.adoc[bsl]::erase
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:mrdocs:

Erase (in‐place) all the elements from the specified `str` that compare equal to the specified `c`, and return the number of erased elements.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template<
    class CHAR_TYPE,
    class CHAR_TRAITS,
    class ALLOCATOR,
    class OTHER_CHAR_TYPE>
bsl::basic_string<CHAR_TYPE, CHAR_TRAITS, ALLOCATOR>::size_type
erase(
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string<CHAR_TYPE, CHAR_TRAITS, ALLOCATOR>]& str,
    OTHER_CHAR_TYPE const& c);
----


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