std::multimap<Key,T,Compare,Allocator>::begin, std::multimap<Key,T,Compare,Allocator>::cbegin

 

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std::multimap

Member functions

multimap::multimap multimap::~multimap        multimap::operator= multimap::get_allocator

Iterators multimap::beginmultimap::cbegin (C++11) multimap::endmultimap::cend (C++11) multimap::rbeginmultimap::crbegin (C++11)    multimap::rendmultimap::crend (C++11) Capacity multimap::size multimap::max_size multimap::empty Observers multimap::key_comp multimap::value_comp Modifiers multimap::clear multimap::insert multimap::erase multimap::swap multimap::merge (C++17) multimap::insert_range (C++23) multimap::emplace (C++11) multimap::emplace_hint (C++11) multimap::extract (C++17) Lookup multimap::count multimap::find multimap::contains (C++20) multimap::equal_range multimap::lower_bound multimap::upper_bound

Non-member functions

operator==operator<=> (C++20) std::swap(std::multimap) erase_if(std::multimap) (C++20)   operator!=operator<operator>operator<=operator>= (until C++20)(until C++20)(until C++20)(until C++20)(until C++20)

Deduction guides(C++17)

 

iterator begin();	(1)	(noexcept since C++11)
const_iterator begin() const;	(2)	(noexcept since C++11)
const_iterator cbegin() const noexcept;	(3)	(since C++11)

Returns an iterator to the first element of the multimap.

If the multimap is empty, the returned iterator will be equal to end().

Parameters

(none)

Return value

Iterator to the first element.

Complexity

Constant.

Notes

libc++ backports cbegin() to C++98 mode.

Example

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#include <algorithm>
#include <cassert>
#include <cstddef>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <string>
 
int main()
{
    auto show_node = [](const auto& node, char ending = '\n')
    {
        std::cout << "{ " << node.first << ", " << node.second << " }" << ending;
    };
 
    std::multimap<std::size_t, std::string> mmap;
    assert(mmap.begin() == mmap.end());   // OK
    assert(mmap.cbegin() == mmap.cend()); // OK
 
    mmap.insert({ sizeof(long), "LONG" });
    show_node(*(mmap.cbegin()));
    assert(mmap.begin() != mmap.end());   // OK
    assert(mmap.cbegin() != mmap.cend()); // OK
    mmap.begin()->second = "long";
    show_node(*(mmap.cbegin()));
 
    mmap.insert({ sizeof(int), "int" });
    show_node(*mmap.cbegin());
 
    mmap.insert({ sizeof(short), "short" });
    show_node(*mmap.cbegin());
 
    mmap.insert({ sizeof(char), "char" });
    show_node(*mmap.cbegin());
 
    mmap.insert({{ sizeof(float), "float" }, { sizeof(double), "double"}});
 
    std::cout << "mmap = { ";
    std::for_each(mmap.cbegin(), mmap.cend(), [&](const auto& n) { show_node(n, ' '); });
    std::cout << "};\n";
}

Possible output:

{ 8, LONG }
{ 8, long }
{ 4, int }
{ 2, short }
{ 1, char }
mmap = { { 1, char } { 2, short } { 4, int } { 4, float } { 8, long } { 8, double } };

See also

endcend (C++11)	returns an iterator to the end (public member function)
begincbegin (C++11)(C++14)	returns an iterator to the beginning of a container or array (function template)