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Return a `const&lowbar;iterator` to the first element in the sequence of elements maintained by this map, or the `end` iterator if this map is empty&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdlc&lowbar;flathashmap&period;h&gt;`

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== Return Value

const iterator to the first element, or `end` if empty


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