[#bsl-hash_map-erase-03]
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Erase the element with the specified `__key` and return the count removed.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstp_hashmap.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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xref:bsl/hash_map/size_type.adoc[size_type]
erase(xref:bsl/hash_map/key_type.adoc[key_type] const& __key);
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