public member function

std::list::begin

<list>
      iterator begin ();
const_iterator begin () const;
Return iterator to beginning
Returns an iterator referring to the first element in the list container.

Parameters

none

Return Value

An iterator to the beginning of the sequence.

Both iterator and const_iterator are member types. In the list class template, these are bidirectional iterators.

Example

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// list::begin
#include <iostream>
#include <list>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
  int myints[] = {75,23,65,42,13};
  list<int> mylist (myints,myints+5);

  list<int>::iterator it;

  cout << "mylist contains:";
  for ( it=mylist.begin() ; it != mylist.end(); it++ )
    cout << " " << *it;

  cout << endl;

  return 0;
}


Output:
mylist contains: 75 23 65 42 13

Complexity

Constant.

See also

list::end
Return iterator to end (public member function)
list::rbegin
Return reverse iterator to reverse beginning (public member function)
list::rend
Return reverse iterator to reverse end (public member function)

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