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[#boost-urls-segments_encoded_base-is_absolute]

= xref:boost.adoc[pass:[boost]]::xref:boost/urls.adoc[pass:[urls]]::xref:boost/urls/segments_encoded_base.adoc[pass:[segments_encoded_base]]::is_absolute


Returns true if this references an absolute path.


== Synopsis

Declared in header `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/segments_encoded_base.hpp#L178[boost/url/segments_encoded_base.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
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bool
is_absolute() const noexcept;
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== Description


Absolute paths always start with a
forward slash ('&sol;').

=== Example
[,cpp]
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assert( url_view( "/path/to/file.txt" ).encoded_segments().is_absolute() == true );
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=== Complexity

Constant.

=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing.