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url_base::is_path_absolute

(Inherited from url_view_base)

Return true if the path is absolute.

Synopsis
bool
is_path_absolute() const;
Description

This function returns true if the path begins with a forward slash ('/').

Example
assert( url_view( "/path/to/file.txt" ).is_path_absolute() );
Complexity

Constant.

Exception Safety

Throws nothing.

BNF
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
See Also

encoded_path, encoded_segments. path, segments.


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