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[#boost-urls-url_view_base-size]

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


Return the number of characters in the url


== Synopsis

Declared in header `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/url_view_base.hpp#L165[boost/url/url_view_base.hpp,window=blank_]>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
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xref:std.adoc[std]::size_t
size() const noexcept;
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== Description


This function returns the number of
characters in the url's encoded string,
not including any null terminator,
if present.

=== Example
[,cpp]
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assert( url_view( "file:///Program%20Files" ).size() == 23 );
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=== Complexity

Constant.

=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing.