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segments_view::front

(Inherited from segments_base)

Return the first segment.

Synopsis
std::string
front() const;
Description

This function returns a string with the first segment of the path without any leading or trailing '/' separators. Any percent-escapes in the string are decoded first.

Preconditions
this->empty() == false
Effects
return *begin();
Example
assert( url_view( "/path/to/file.txt" ).segments().front() == "path" );
Complexity

Linear in this->front().size().

Exception Safety

Calls to allocate may throw.


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