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Erase the element having the specified `key`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlcc_stripedunorderedmap.h>`

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std::size_t
erase(KEY const& key);
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== Description

Return 1 on success and 0 if `key` does not exist. Note that the returned value equals the number of elements removed.

== Return Value

1 on success, and 0 if `key` does not exist

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *key*
| key of the element to erase
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