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Return a const iterator to the first element equivalent to `key`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_multiset.h>`

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== Description

Return an iterator providing non‐modifiable access to the first `value_type` object that is equivalent to the specified `key` in ordered sequence maintained by this multiset, 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 a matching element, or `end()`

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *key*
| key value to look up
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