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Function template erase_tail

boost::algorithm::erase_tail — Erase tail algorithm.

Synopsis

// In header: <boost/algorithm/string/erase.hpp>


template<typename SequenceT> void erase_tail(SequenceT & Input, int N);

Description

Remove the tail from the input. The tail is a suffix of a sequence of given size. If the sequence is shorter then required, the whole string is considered to be the tail. The input sequence is modified in-place.

Parameters:

`Input`	An input string
`N`	Length of the tail For N>=0, at most N characters are extracted. For N<0, size(Input)-\|N\| characters are extracted.