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Erase characters from this string&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bslstl&lowbar;string&period;h&gt;`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/iterator.adoc[iterator]
erase(xref:bsl/basic_string-0faf/const_iterator.adoc[const&lowbar;iterator] position);
----

== Description

Erase a character at the specified `position` from this string, and return an iterator providing modifiable access to the character at `position` prior to erasing&period; If no such character exists, return `end()`&period; The behavior is undefined unless `position` is within the half&hyphen;open range `&lsqb;cbegin() &period;&period; cend())&rsqb;`&period;

== Return Value

iterator following the last removed character

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *position*
| starting index
|===


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