[#boost-urls-authority_view-size] = xref:boost.adoc[boost]::xref:boost/urls.adoc[urls]::xref:boost/urls/authority_view.adoc[authority_view]::size :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return the number of characters in the authority == Synopsis Declared in `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/authority_view.hpp#L191[boost/url/authority_view.hpp]>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- std::size_t size() const noexcept; ---- == Description This function returns the number of characters in the authority. === Example [,cpp] ---- assert( authority_view( "user:pass@www.example.com:8080" ).size() == 30 ); ---- === Exception Safety Throws nothing. [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#