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Load a reference to the first item into `front`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlcc_skiplist.h>`

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int
front(xref:BloombergLP/bdlcc/SkipList-0a/PairHandle.adoc[PairHandle]* front) const;
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== Description

Load a reference to the first item in the list into `front`.

Load into the specified `front` a reference to the first item in the list. Return 0 on success, and a non‐zero value (with no effect on `front`) if the list is empty.

== Return Value

0 on success, and a non‐zero value if the list is empty

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *front*
| receives a reference to the first item
|===


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