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Find a matching key

== Synopsis


Declared in `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/params_base.hpp#L389[boost/url/params_base.hpp]>`

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----
xref:boost/urls/params_base/iterator.adoc[iterator]
find(
    xref:boost/urls/params_base/iterator.adoc[iterator] from,
    core::string_view key,
    xref:boost/urls/ignore_case_param.adoc[ignore_case_param] ic = {}) const noexcept;
----

== Description


This function examines the        parameters in the container to        find a match for the specified key.        The comparison is performed as if all        escaped characters were decoded first.

The search starts at `from`        and proceeds forward until either the        key is found or the end of the range is        reached, in which case `end()` is        returned.


=== Example

[,cpp]
----
url_view u( "?First=John&Last=Doe" );

assert( u.params().find( "first" ) != u.params().find( "first", ignore_case ) );
----

=== Complexity

Linear in `this‐>buffer().size()`.



== Return Value


an iterator to the param



== Parameters


|===
| Name | Description

| *from*
| The position to begin the            search from. This can be `end()`.


| *key*
| The key to match.        By default, a case‐sensitive        comparison is used.


| *ic*
| An optional parameter. If        the value xref:boost/urls/ignore_case.adoc[ignore_case] is passed        here, the comparison is        case‐insensitive.


|===



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