[#BloombergLP-bdldfp-DecimalNumPut_WideBufferWrapper-050-begin] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp.adoc[bdldfp]::xref:BloombergLP/bdldfp/DecimalNumPut_WideBufferWrapper-050.adoc[DecimalNumPut_WideBufferWrapper<wchar_t, false>]::begin :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return a pointer to the beginning of the buffer of wide characters. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdldfp_decimal.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- wchar_t const* begin() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#