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Return an iterator to the first element in the sorted range from the specified `first` (inclusive) to the specified `last` (exclusive) that compares greater than or equal to the specified `value`, and `last` if no such element exists. The behavior is undefined unless `first <= last` and the range is sorted.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlc_packedintarrayutil.h>`

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template<class TYPE>
static
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lowerBound(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/PackedIntArrayConstIterator.adoc[PackedIntArrayConstIterator<TYPE>] first,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/PackedIntArrayConstIterator.adoc[PackedIntArrayConstIterator<TYPE>] last,
    TYPE value);
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