[#bsl-vectorBase-033-begin-03] = xref:bsl.adoc[bsl]::xref:bsl/vectorBase-033.adoc[vectorBase<unsigned char>]::begin :relfileprefix: ../../ :mrdocs: Return an iterator providing modifiable access to the first element in this vector, or the past‐the‐end iterator if this vector is empty. == Synopsis Declared in `<bslstl_vector.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- xref:bsl/vectorBase-033/iterator.adoc[iterator] begin() noexcept; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#