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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#L180[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.

== Return Value

`true` if the path is absolute, otherwise `false`.


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