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= Function decode_view::front

pass:v,q[Return the first character]


== Synopsis

Declared in header `</boost/url/decode_view.hpp#L319[boost/url/decode_view.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
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xref:boost/urls/decode_view/reference.adoc[reference]
front() const noexcept;
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== Description


=== Example
[,cpp]
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assert( decode_view( "Program%20Files" ).front() == 'P' );
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=== Preconditions
[,cpp]
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not this->empty()
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=== Complexity
pass:v,q[Constant.]

=== Exception Safety
pass:v,q[Throws nothing.]



== Return Value

* `reference`