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[#boost-urls-authority_view-data]

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Return a pointer to the first character


== Synopsis

Declared in header `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/authority_view.hpp#L225[boost/url/authority_view.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
----
char const*
data() const noexcept;
----

== Description


This function returns a pointer to the
beginning of the view, which is not
guaranteed to be null-terminated.

=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing.