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Decrement operators

== Synopses

Declared in `&lt;bdlc&lowbar;compactedarray&period;h&gt;`

Decrement `iterator` and return its prior value (see free `operator&hyphen;&hyphen;`)&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template&lt;&gt;
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray&lowbar;ConstIterator]
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_dec-0d4.adoc[operator&hyphen;&hyphen;](
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray&lowbar;ConstIterator]& iterator,
    int unused);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_dec-0d4.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Decrement `iter` and return its prior value (see free `operator&hyphen;&hyphen;`)&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template&lt;&gt;
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/PackedIntArrayConstIterator.adoc[PackedIntArrayConstIterator]
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_dec-0b.adoc[operator&hyphen;&hyphen;&lt;&gt;](
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/PackedIntArrayConstIterator.adoc[PackedIntArrayConstIterator]& iter,
    int unused);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_dec-0b.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Decrement `iterator` and return its prior value&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template&lt;class TYPE&gt;
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[bdlc::CompactedArray&lowbar;ConstIterator&lt;TYPE&gt;]
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_dec-0dd.adoc[operator&hyphen;&hyphen;](
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray&lowbar;ConstIterator&lt;TYPE&gt;]& iterator,
    int unused);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_dec-0dd.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Post&hyphen;decrement the specified iterator `iter`&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template&lt;class TYPE&gt;
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/PackedIntArrayConstIterator.adoc[bdlc::PackedIntArrayConstIterator&lt;TYPE&gt;]
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_dec-06.adoc[operator&hyphen;&hyphen;](
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/PackedIntArrayConstIterator.adoc[PackedIntArrayConstIterator&lt;TYPE&gt;]& iter,
    int unused);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/operator_dec-06.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

== Return Value

iterator referring to the prior position

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *iterator*
| iterator to decrement
| *unused*
| unused postfix discriminator
| *iter*
| iterator to decrement
|===


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