[#bsl-multimap-0ae-begin-0e] = xref:bsl.adoc[bsl]::xref:bsl/multimap-0ae.adoc[multimap]::begin :relfileprefix: ../../ :mrdocs: Return an iterator providing modifiable access to the first `value_type` object in the ordered sequence of `value_type` objects maintained by this multimap, or the `end` iterator if this multimap is empty. == Synopsis Declared in `<bslstl_multimap.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/iterator.adoc[multimap<KEY, VALUE, COMPARATOR, ALLOCATOR>::iterator] begin() noexcept; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#