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Return the number of characters in the url

== Synopsis


Declared in `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L180[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp]>`

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std::size_t
size() const noexcept;
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== Description


This function returns the number of        characters in the url's encoded string,        not including any null terminator,        if present.


=== Example

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assert( url_view( "file:///Program%20Files" ).size() == 23 );
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=== Complexity

Constant.


=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing.





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