[#bsl-list-054-begin-03] = xref:bsl.adoc[bsl]::xref:bsl/list-054.adoc[list]::begin :relfileprefix: ../../ :mrdocs: Return an iterator providing modifiable access to the first element in this list, and the past‐the‐end iterator if this list is empty. == Synopsis Declared in `<bslstl_list.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- xref:bsl/list-054/iterator.adoc[list<VALUE, ALLOCATOR>::iterator] begin() noexcept; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#