std::deque::begin, std::deque::cbegin

 

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Technical Specifications

 

Containers library

array (C++11)

vector

deque

forward_list (C++11)

list

set

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multimap

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unordered_multiset (C++11)

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unordered_multimap (C++11)

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std::deque

Member functions

deque::deque

deque::~deque

deque::operator=

deque::assign

deque::get_allocator

Element access

deque::front

deque::back

Iterators

deque::begindeque::cbegin (C++11)

deque::enddeque::cend (C++11)

deque::rbegindeque::crbegin (C++11)

deque::renddeque::crend (C++11)

Capacity

deque::empty

deque::size

deque::max_size

deque::shrink_to_fit

Modifiers

deque::clear

deque::insert

deque::emplace

deque::erase

deque::push_front

deque::emplace_front

deque::pop_front

deque::push_back

deque::emplace_back

deque::pop_back

deque::resize

deque::swap

Deduction guides(C++17)

 

iterator begin();		(until C++11)
iterator begin() noexcept;		(since C++11)
const_iterator begin() const;		(until C++11)
const_iterator begin() const noexcept;		(since C++11)
const_iterator cbegin() const noexcept;		(since C++11)

Returns an iterator to the first element of the container.

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

Parameters

(none)

Return value

Iterator to the first element

Complexity

Constant

Example

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#include <iostream>
#include <deque>
#include <string>
 
int main()
{
	std::deque<int> ints {1, 2, 4, 8, 16};
	std::deque<std::string> fruits {"orange", "apple", "raspberry"};
	std::deque<char> empty;
 
	// Sums all integers in the deque ints (if any), printing only the result.
	int sum = 0;
	for (auto it = ints.cbegin(); it != ints.cend(); it++)
		sum += *it;
	std::cout << "Sum of ints: " << sum << "\n";
 
	// Prints the first fruit in the deque fruits, without checking if there is one.
	std::cout << "First fruit: " << *fruits.begin() << "\n";
 
	if (empty.begin() == empty.end())
		std::cout << "deque 'empty' is indeed empty.\n";
}

Output:

Sum of ints: 31
First fruit: orange
deque 'empty' is indeed empty.

See also

end cend

returns an iterator to the end (public member function)