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`begin` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `&lt;bslstl&lowbar;string&period;h&gt;`

Return an iterator referring to the first character in this modifiable string (or the past&hyphen;the&hyphen;end iterator if this string is empty)&period;


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Return an iterator providing non&hyphen;modifiable access to the first character of this string (or the past&hyphen;the&hyphen;end iterator if this string is empty)&period;


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