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Return a pointer to the contiguous element storage&period;

== Synopsis

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

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VALUE&lowbar;TYPE**
data() noexcept;
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== Return Value

address of the modifiable first element, or a non&hyphen;dereferenceable pointer if empty


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