Erase characters from this string.

Synopsis

Declared in <bslstl_string.h>

basic_string&
erase(
    size_type position = 0,
    size_type numChars = npos);

Description

Erase from this string the substring of length the optionally specified numChars or original.length() ‐ position, whichever is smaller, starting at the optionally specified position. If position is not specified, the first position is used (i.e., position is set to 0). Return a reference providing modifiable access to this string. If numChars equals npos, then the remaining length of the string is erased (i.e., numChars is set to length() ‐ position). Throw out_of_range if position > length().

Return Value

reference providing modifiable access to this string

Parameters

Name

Description

position

starting index

numChars

number of characters

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