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[#boost-urls-parse_ipv6_address]

= xref:boost.adoc[pass:[boost]]::xref:boost/urls.adoc[pass:[urls]]::parse_ipv6_address


Parse a string containing an IPv6 address.


== Synopsis

Declared in header `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/ipv6_address.hpp#L391[boost/url/ipv6_address.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
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xref:boost/system.adoc[system]::result<xref:boost/urls/ipv6_address.adoc[ipv6_address]>
parse_ipv6_address(core::string_view s) noexcept;
----

== Description


This function attempts to parse the string
as an IPv6 address and returns a result
containing the address upon success, or
an error code if the string does not contain
a valid IPv6 address.

=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing.




== Return Value


A result containing the address.



== Parameters

|===
| Name | Description 

| *s*
| 
The string to parse.

|===