iterator begin ();
const_iterator begin () const; |
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Return iterator to beginning
Returns an iterator referring to the first element in the multiset container.
Internally, multiset containers keep their elements ordered from lower to higher, therefore begin returns the element with the lowest key value in the multiset.
Parameters
none
Return Value
An iterator to the first element in the container.
Both iterator and const_iterator are member types. In the multiset class template, these are bidirectional iterators.
Example
// multiset::begin/end
#include <iostream>
#include <set>
using namespace std;
int main ()
{
int myints[] = {42,71,71,71,12};
multiset<int> mymultiset (myints,myints+5);
multiset<int>::iterator it;
cout << "mymultiset contains:";
for ( it=mymultiset.begin() ; it != mymultiset.end(); it++ )
cout << " " << *it;
cout << endl;
return 0;
}
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Output:
mymultiset contains: 12 42 71 71 71
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Complexity
Constant.
See also
| multiset::rbegin | Return reverse iterator to reverse beginning (public member function) |
| multiset::rend | Return reverse iterator to reverse end (public member function) |
