[#bsl-erase_if-0e]
= xref:bsl.adoc[bsl]::erase_if
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Erase (in‐place) all the elements from the specified `str` where the specified `pred` returns `true`, 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 UNARY_PREDICATE>
bsl::basic_string<CHAR_TYPE, CHAR_TRAITS, ALLOCATOR>::size_type
erase_if(
    xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf.adoc[basic_string<CHAR_TYPE, CHAR_TRAITS, ALLOCATOR>]& str,
    UNARY_PREDICATE const& pred);
----


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