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<h2><a name="erase" id="erase">erase</a></h2>
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Syntax:
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<pre class="c code c++" style="font-family:monospace;">    <span class="co2">#include &lt;map&gt;</span>
    <span class="kw4">void</span> erase<span class="br0">&#40;</span> iterator pos <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
    <span class="kw4">void</span> erase<span class="br0">&#40;</span> iterator start<span class="sy0">,</span> iterator end <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span>
    size_type erase<span class="br0">&#40;</span> <span class="kw4">const</span> key_type<span class="sy0">&amp;</span> key <span class="br0">&#41;</span><span class="sy0">;</span></pre>
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The erase function() either erases the element at pos, erases the elements
between start and end, or erases all elements that have the value of key.
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