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[#boost-urls-url_view_base-encoded_segments]

= xref:boost.adoc[pass:[boost]]::xref:boost/urls.adoc[pass:[urls]]::xref:boost/urls/url_view_base.adoc[pass:[url_view_base]]::encoded_segments


Return the path as a container of segments


== Synopsis

Declared in header `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L1806[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp,window=blank_]>`

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

== Description


This function returns a bidirectional
view of strings over the path.
The returned view references the same
underlying character buffer; ownership
is not transferred.
Strings returned when iterating the
range may contain percent escapes.

=== Example
[,cpp]
----
segments_encoded_view sv = url_view( "/path/to/file.txt" ).encoded_segments();
----

=== Complexity

Constant.

=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing.

=== BNF
[,cpp]
----
path          = path-abempty    ; begins with "/" or is empty
              / path-absolute   ; begins with "/" but not "//"
              / path-noscheme   ; begins with a non-colon segment
              / path-rootless   ; begins with a segment
              / path-empty      ; zero characters

path-abempty  = *( "/" segment )
path-absolute = "/" [ segment-nz *( "/" segment ) ]
path-noscheme = segment-nz-nc *( "/" segment )
path-rootless = segment-nz *( "/" segment )
path-empty    = 0<pchar>
----

=== Specification

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.3[3.3. Path (rfc3986)]








== See Also


xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/is_path_absolute.adoc[is_path_absolute]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/encoded_path.adoc[encoded_path]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/path.adoc[path]
,
xref:boost/urls/url_view_base/segments.adoc[segments]
,
xref:boost/urls/segments_encoded_view.adoc[segments_encoded_view]
.