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Return the value of the element at the front of this array&period; The behavior is undefined unless `0 &lt; length()`&period; Note that this function is logically equivalent to&colon; &grave; operator &grave;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdlc&lowbar;packedintarray&period;h&gt;`

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----
TYPE
front() const;
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