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Return a const iterator to the first element with key `key`, or `end()`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_multimap.h>`

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----
template<class LOOKUP_KEY>
xref:bsl/multimap-0ae/const_iterator.adoc[const_iterator]
find(LOOKUP_KEY const& key) const
requires BloombergLP::bslmf::IsTransparentPredicate<COMPARATOR,
                                                   LOOKUP_KEY>::value;
----

== Description

Return an iterator providing non‐modifiable access to the first `value_type` object having the specified `key` in the ordered sequence maintained by this multimap, if such an object exists, and the past‐the‐end (`end`) iterator otherwise.

Note: implemented inline due to Sun CC compilation error.

== Return Value

const iterator to the matching element, or `end()`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *key*
| key value to look up
|===


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