std::list::begin, std::list::cbegin

C++

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Concepts library (C++20)

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Regular expressions library (C++11)

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Technical Specifications

Containers library

array (C++11)

vector

deque

forward_list (C++11)

list

set

multiset

map

multimap

unordered_set (C++11)

unordered_multiset (C++11)

unordered_map (C++11)

unordered_multimap (C++11)

stack

queue

priority_queue

span (C++20)

std::list

Member functions

list::list

list::~list

list::operator=

list::assign

list::get_allocator

Element access

list::front

list::back

Iterators

list::beginlist::cbegin (C++11)

list::endlist::cend (C++11)

list::rbeginlist::crbegin (C++11)

list::rendlist::crend (C++11)

Capacity

list::empty

list::size

list::max_size

Modifiers

list::clear

list::insert

list::emplace (C++11)

list::erase

list::push_front

list::emplace_front (C++11)

list::pop_front

list::push_back

list::emplace_back (C++11)

list::pop_back

list::resize

list::swap

Operations

list::merge

list::splice

list::removelist::remove_if

list::reverse

list::unique

list::sort

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 <list>
#include <string>

int main()
{
	std::list<int> ints {1, 2, 4, 8, 16};
	std::list<std::string> fruits {"orange", "apple", "raspberry"};
	std::list<char> empty;

	// Sums all integers in the list 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 list fruits, without checking if there is one.
	std::cout << "First fruit: " << *fruits.begin() << "\n";

	if (empty.begin() == empty.end())
		std::cout << "list 'empty' is indeed empty.\n";
}

Output:

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

See also

end cend

returns an iterator to the end (public member function)