Find a dialing method

Question

What exactly does the standard set method find? Iterator to the actual element in the set or to its copy.

Answer 1

It returns an iterator pointing to the actual item in the set

From table 69 in standard 23.1.2 / 7

Expression

a.find (k)

statement / note pre / post-condition

returns an iterator pointing to an element with a key equivalent to k, or a.end () if no such element is found.

Answer 2

Iterator to the actual item or end(), if not found