std::set<Key,Compare,Allocator>::begin, std::set<Key,Compare,Allocator>::cbegin

iterator begin();		(until C++11)
iterator begin() noexcept;		(since C++11)
const_iterator begin() const;		(until C++11)
const_iterator begin() const noexcept;		(since C++11)
const_iterator cbegin() const noexcept;		(since C++11)

Returns an iterator to the first element of the set.

If the set is empty, the returned iterator will be equal to end().

Parameters

(none)

Return value

Iterator to the first element.

Complexity

Constant.

Notes

Because both iterator and const_iterator are constant iterators (and may in fact be the same type), it is not possible to mutate the elements of the container through an iterator returned by any of these member functions.

Example

Run this code

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <set>
 
int main() {
  std::set<int> set = { 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6, 5 };
  std::for_each(set.cbegin(), set.cend(), [](int x) {
    std::cout << x << ' ';
  });
  std::cout << '\n';
}

Output:

1 2 3 4 5 6 9

Compiler support
Freestanding and hosted
Language
Standard library headers
Named requirements
Feature test macros (C++20)
Language support library
Concepts library (C++20)
Metaprogramming library (C++11)
Diagnostics library
General utilities library
Strings library
Containers library
Iterators library
Ranges library (C++20)
Algorithms library
Numerics library
Localizations library
Input/output library
Filesystem library (C++17)
Regular expressions library (C++11)
Concurrency support library (C++11)
Technical specifications
Symbols index
External libraries

Sequence
array (C++11)
vector
deque
forward_list (C++11)
list
Associative
set
multiset
map
multimap
Unordered associative
unordered_set (C++11)
unordered_multiset (C++11)
unordered_map (C++11)
unordered_multimap (C++11)
Adaptors
stack
queue
priority_queue
Views
span (C++20)

Member functions
set::set
set::~set
set::operator=
set::get_allocator
Iterators
set::beginset::cbegin (C++11)
set::endset::cend (C++11)
set::rbeginset::crbegin (C++11)
set::rendset::crend (C++11)
Capacity
set::empty
set::size
set::max_size
Modifiers
set::clear
set::insert
set::emplace (C++11)
set::emplace_hint (C++11)
set::erase
set::swap
set::extract (C++17)
set::merge (C++17)
Lookup
set::count
set::find
set::contains (C++20)
set::equal_range
set::lower_bound
set::upper_bound
Observers
set::key_comp
set::value_comp
Non-member functions
std::swap
erase_if (C++20)
operator==operator!=operator<operator>operator<=operator>=operator<=> (until C++20)(until C++20)(until C++20)(until C++20)(until C++20)(C++20)
Deduction guides(C++17)

end cend (C++11)	returns an iterator to the end (public member function)
begincbegin (C++11)(C++14)	returns an iterator to the beginning of a container or array (function template)