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= Function segments_encoded_base::front

pass:v,q[Return the first segment]


== Synopsis

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

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

pass:v,q[This function returns a string with the] pass:v,q[first segment of the path without any]
pass:v,q[leading or trailing '/' separators.]
pass:v,q[The returned string may contain]
pass:v,q[percent escapes.]

=== Preconditions
[,cpp]
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this->empty() == false
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=== Effects
[,cpp]
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return *begin();
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=== Example
[,cpp]
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assert( url_view( "/path/to/file.txt" ).encoded_segments().front() == "path" );
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=== Complexity
pass:v,q[Constant.]

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



== Return Value

* `pct_string_view`