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`lower&lowbar;bound` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `&lt;bslstl&lowbar;multimap&period;h&gt;`

Return an iterator to the first element with key not less than `key`&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/iterator.adoc[iterator]
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/lower_bound-0e.adoc[lower&lowbar;bound](xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/key_type.adoc[key&lowbar;type] const& key);
----

[.small]#xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/lower_bound-0e.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return a const iterator to the first element with key not less than `key`&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/const_iterator.adoc[const&lowbar;iterator]
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/lower_bound-0c.adoc[lower&lowbar;bound](xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/key_type.adoc[key&lowbar;type] const& key) const;
----

[.small]#xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/lower_bound-0c.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return an iterator to the first element with key not less than `key`&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template&lt;class LOOKUP&lowbar;KEY&gt;
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/iterator.adoc[iterator]
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/lower_bound-077.adoc[lower&lowbar;bound](LOOKUP&lowbar;KEY const& key)
requires BloombergLP&colon;&colon;bslmf&colon;&colon;IsTransparentPredicate&lt;COMPARATOR,
                                                   LOOKUP&lowbar;KEY&gt;&colon;&colon;value;
----

[.small]#xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/lower_bound-077.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return a const iterator to the first element with key not less than `key`&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template&lt;class LOOKUP&lowbar;KEY&gt;
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/const_iterator.adoc[const&lowbar;iterator]
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/lower_bound-0b.adoc[lower&lowbar;bound](LOOKUP&lowbar;KEY const& key) const
requires BloombergLP&colon;&colon;bslmf&colon;&colon;IsTransparentPredicate&lt;COMPARATOR,
                                                   LOOKUP&lowbar;KEY&gt;&colon;&colon;value;
----

[.small]#xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/lower_bound-0b.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

== Return Value

* iterator to the lower bound, or `end()`
* const iterator to the lower bound, or `end()`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *key*
| key value to look up
|===


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