[#BloombergLP-bdld-DatumMapRef-begin] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdld.adoc[bdld]::xref:BloombergLP/bdld/DatumMapRef.adoc[DatumMapRef]::begin :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return an iterator to the first map entry. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdld_datum.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- xref:BloombergLP/bdld/DatumMapRef/const_iterator.adoc[DatumMapRef::const_iterator] begin() const noexcept; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#