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Return an iterator to the first element equivalent to `key`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_multiset.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template<class LOOKUP_KEY>
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find(LOOKUP_KEY const& key)
requires BloombergLP::bslmf::IsTransparentPredicate<COMPARATOR,
                                                   LOOKUP_KEY>::value;
----

== Description

Return an iterator providing modifiable access to the first `value_type` object in this multiset equivalent to the specified `key`, if such an object exists, and the past‐the‐end (`end`) iterator otherwise.

Note: implemented inline due to Sun CC compilation error.

== Return Value

modifiable iterator to a matching element, or `end()`

== Parameters

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


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