Return the first segment

Synopsis

Declared in header </boost/url/segments_encoded_base.hpp#L244[boost/url/segments_encoded_base.hpp,window=blank_]>

pct_string_view
front() const noexcept;

Description

This function returns a string with the first segment of the path without any leading or trailing '/' separators. The returned string may contain percent escapes.

Preconditions

this->empty() == false

Effects

return *begin();

Example

assert( url_view( "/path/to/file.txt" ).encoded_segments().front() == "path" );

Complexity

Constant.

Exception Safety

Throws nothing.

Return Value

  • pct_string_view