The C++ function std::map::begin() returns a iterator which refers to the first element of the map.
DeclarationFollowing is the declaration for std::map::begin() function form std::map header.
C++98iterator begin(); const_iterator begin() const;C++11
iterator begin() noexcept; const_iterator begin() const noexcept;Parameters
None
Return valueIf object is constant qualified then method returns constant iterator otherwise it returns non-constant reference.
ExceptionsThis member function never throws exception.
Time complexityConstant i.e. O(1)
ExampleThe following example shows the usage of std::map::begin() function.
#include <iostream> #include <map> using namespace std; int main(void) { /* Initializer_list constructor */ map<char, int> m = { {'a', 1}, {'b', 2}, {'c', 3}, {'d', 4}, {'e', 5}, }; cout << "Map contains following elements" << endl; for (auto it = m.begin(); it != m.end(); ++it) cout << it->first << " = " << it->second << endl; return 0; }
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −
Map contains following elements a = 1 b = 2 c = 3 d = 4 e = 5
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