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[#boost-urls-segments_base-buffer]

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Return the referenced character buffer.


== Synopsis

Declared in header `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/segments_base.hpp#L155[boost/url/segments_base.hpp,window=blank_]>`

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


This function returns the character
buffer referenced by the view.
The returned string may contain
percent escapes.

=== Example
[,cpp]
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assert( url_view( "/path/to/file.txt" ).segments().buffer() == "/path/to/file.txt" );
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=== Complexity

Constant.

=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing.