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Return an iterator to the first transition in this timetable.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlt_timetable.h>`

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== Description

Return an iterator referring to the first transition in this timetable, or the past‐the‐end iterator if this timetable is empty. The iterator remains valid as long as this timetable exists, and the number of transitions within this timetable does not change.

== Return Value

const iterator referring to the first transition


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