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`erase` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bslstl_multimap.h>`

Erase the element at `position`.


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/iterator.adoc[multimap<KEY, VALUE, COMPARATOR, ALLOCATOR>::iterator]
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/erase-0cd.adoc[erase](xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/const_iterator.adoc[const_iterator] position);
----

[.small]#xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/erase-0cd.adoc[_» more..._]#

Erase the element at `position`.


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/iterator.adoc[multimap<KEY, VALUE, COMPARATOR, ALLOCATOR>::iterator]
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/erase-0e.adoc[erase](xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/iterator.adoc[iterator] position);
----

[.small]#xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/erase-0e.adoc[_» more..._]#

Erase all elements whose keys are equivalent to `key`.


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/size_type.adoc[multimap<KEY, VALUE, COMPARATOR, ALLOCATOR>::size_type]
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/erase-03d.adoc[erase](xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/key_type.adoc[key_type] const& key);
----

[.small]#xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/erase-03d.adoc[_» more..._]#

Erase all elements matching `key`.


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template<class t_KEY>
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/size_type.adoc[size_type]
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/erase-0c5.adoc[erase](t_KEY&& key)
requires BloombergLP::bslmf::IsTransparentPredicate<COMPARATOR,
                                                   t_KEY>::value &&
        !is_convertible<BSLS_COMPILERFEATURES_FORWARD_REF(t_KEY),
                        iterator>::value &&
        !is_convertible<BSLS_COMPILERFEATURES_FORWARD_REF(t_KEY),
                        const_iterator>::value;
----

[.small]#xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/erase-0c5.adoc[_» more..._]#

Erase the half‐open range `[first, last)]` from this multimap.


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/iterator.adoc[multimap<KEY, VALUE, COMPARATOR, ALLOCATOR>::iterator]
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/erase-04.adoc[erase](
    xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/const_iterator.adoc[const_iterator] first,
    xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/const_iterator.adoc[const_iterator] last);
----

[.small]#xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/erase-04.adoc[_» more..._]#

== Return Value

* iterator to the element following the erased element
* number of elements erased
* `last`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *position*
| iterator to the element to erase
| *key*
| key whose matching elements are erased
| *first*
| iterator to the first element to erase
| *last*
| iterator past the last element to erase
|===


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