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= Function url_view_base::encoded_user

pass:v,q[Return the user]


== Synopsis

Declared in header `</boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L844[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp,window=blank_]>`

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

pass:v,q[If present, this function returns a] pass:v,q[string representing the user (which]
pass:v,q[may be empty).]
pass:v,q[Otherwise it returns an empty string.]
pass:v,q[The returned string may contain]
pass:v,q[percent escapes.]

=== Example
[,cpp]
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assert( url_view( "http://jane%2Ddoe:pass@example.com" ).encoded_user() == "jane%2Ddoe" );
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=== Complexity
pass:v,q[Constant.]

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

=== BNF
[,cpp]
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userinfo    = user [ ":" [ password ] ]

user        = *( unreserved / pct-encoded / sub-delims )
password    = *( unreserved / pct-encoded / sub-delims / ":" )
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=== Specification

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.2.1[3.2.1. User Information (rfc3986)]



== Return Value

* `pct_string_view`