[#boost-urls-url_base-segments-04]
= xref:boost/urls/url_base/segments-04.adoc[boost::urls::url_base::segments]
:relfileprefix: ../../../
:mrdocs:

Return the path as a container of segments

== Synopsis

Declared in `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/url_base.hpp#L1899[boost/url/url_base.hpp]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
xref:boost/urls/segments_view.adoc[segments_view]
segments() const noexcept;
----

== Description

This function returns a bidirectional view of strings over the path. The returned view references the same underlying character buffer; ownership is not transferred. Any percent‐escapes in strings returned when iterating the view are decoded first.

== Example
[,cpp]
----
segments_view sv = url_view( "/path/to/file.txt" ).segments();
----
== Complexity
Constant.

== Exception Safety
Throws nothing.

== BNF
[,cpp]
----
path          = [ "/" ] segment *( "/" segment )
----
== Specification
* https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.3[]

== Return Value

A bidirectional view of segments.

== See Also

xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/is_path_absolute.adoc[`is_path_absolute`], xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/encoded_path.adoc[`encoded_path`], xref:boost/urls/url_base/encoded_segments-0a.adoc[`encoded_segments`]. xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/path.adoc[`path`], xref:boost/urls/segments_view.adoc[`segments_view`].


[.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#