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Return the current load factor of this container&period;

== Synopsis

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

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----
float
load&lowbar;factor() const noexcept;
----

== Description

Return the current ratio between the `size` of this container and the number of buckets&period; The `load&lowbar;factor` is a measure of how full the container is, and a higher load factor leads to an increased number of collisions, thus resulting in a loss performance&period;

== Return Value

ratio of size to bucket count


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