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[#boost-urls-url_view_base-data]

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Return a pointer to the url's character buffer


== Synopsis

Declared in header `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L219[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp,window=blank_]>`

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

== Description


This function returns a pointer to
the first character of the url, which
is not guaranteed to be null-terminated.

=== Complexity

Constant.

=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing.