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= Function url::normalize_path

pass:v,q[Normalize the URL path]


== Synopsis

Declared in header `</boost/url/url.hpp#L497[boost/url/url.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
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xref:boost/urls/url.adoc[url]&
normalize_path();
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== Description

pass:v,q[Applies Syntax-based normalization to the] pass:v,q[URL path.]
pass:v,q[Percent-encoding triplets are normalized]
pass:v,q[to uppercase letters. Percent-encoded]
pass:v,q[octets that correspond to unreserved]
pass:v,q[characters are decoded. Redundant]
pass:v,q[path-segments are removed.]

=== Exception Safety
pass:v,q[Strong guarantee.]
pass:v,q[Calls to allocate may throw.]

=== Specification

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-6.2.2[6.2.2 Syntax-Based Normalization (rfc3986)]



== Return Value

* ``