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Returns true if this references an absolute path.

== Synopsis


Declared in `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/segments_encoded_base.hpp#L201[boost/url/segments_encoded_base.hpp]>`

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bool
is_absolute() const noexcept;
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== Description


Absolute paths always start with a        forward slash ('/').


=== Example

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assert( url_view( "/path/to/file.txt" ).encoded_segments().is_absolute() == true );
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=== Complexity

Constant.


=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing.





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