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`begin` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bsltf_inputiterator.h>`

Return an `InputIterator` referring to the first element of the specified `container` or a null iterator if `container` is empty.


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template<class CONTIGUOUS_CONTAINER>
static
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xref:BloombergLP/bsltf/InputIteratorUtil/begin-05.adoc[begin](CONTIGUOUS_CONTAINER& container);
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Return an `InputIterator` referring to the first element of the specified `container` or a null iterator if `container` is empty.


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template<class CONTIGUOUS_CONTAINER>
static
xref:BloombergLP/bsltf/InputIterator.adoc[InputIterator<CONTIGUOUS_CONTAINER::value_type const>]
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Return an `InputIterator` referring to the first element of the specified `array`.


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template<
    class TYPE,
    std::size_t LEN>
static
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xref:BloombergLP/bsltf/InputIteratorUtil/begin-0e.adoc[begin](TYPE(& array)[]);
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Return an `InputIterator` referring to the first element of the specified `array`.


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template<
    class TYPE,
    std::size_t LEN>
static
xref:BloombergLP/bsltf/InputIterator.adoc[InputIterator<TYPE const>]
xref:BloombergLP/bsltf/InputIteratorUtil/begin-03.adoc[begin](TYPE const(& array)[]);
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