[#absl-Span-front] = xref:absl.adoc[absl]::xref:absl/Span.adoc[Span]::front :relfileprefix: ../../ :mrdocs: Returns a reference to the first element; the span must not be empty. == Synopsis Declared in `<absl/types/span.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- constexpr xref:absl/Span/reference.adoc[reference] front() const noexcept; ---- == Return Value A reference to the first element. [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#