reference front ( );
const_reference front ( ) const;

Access first element

Returns a reference to the first element in the list container.

Unlike member list::begin, which returns an iterator to this same element, this function returns a direct reference.

Parameters

Return value

Member types reference and const_reference are the reference types to the elements of the container (for the default storage allocation model, allocator, these are T& and const T& respectively).

Example

// list::front
#include <iostream>
#include <list>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
  list<int> mylist;

  mylist.push_back(77);
  mylist.push_back(16);

  // now front equals 77, and back 16

  mylist.front() -= mylist.back();

  cout << "mylist.front() is now " << mylist.front() << endl;

  return 0;
}

Output:

mylist.front() is now 61

Complexity

See also