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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Container</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="identifier">Container</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">erase</span><span class="special">(</span>
<span class="identifier">Container</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">,</span>
<span class="identifier">iterator_range</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">Container</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">iterator</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">to_erase</span><span class="special">);</span>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">erase</span></code> the iterator range
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">to_erase</span></code> from the container
<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">target</span></code>.
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">remove_erase</span></code> performs
the frequently used combination equivalent to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">erase</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">remove</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">(),</span> <span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">(),</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">());</span></code>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">remove_erase_if</span></code> performs
the frequently used combination equivalent to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">erase</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">remove_if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">(),</span> <span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">(),</span> <span class="identifier">pred</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">());</span></code>
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Defined in the header file <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">range</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">algorithm_ext</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">erase</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span></code>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Container</span></code> supports
erase of an iterator range.
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Linear. Proprotional to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">distance</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">to_erase</span><span class="special">)</span></code>.
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