parent_pointer()

template<typename BasicJsonType >

json_pointer nlohmann::json_pointer< BasicJsonType >::parent_pointer ( ) const

inline

returns the parent of this JSON pointer

Returns

parent of this JSON pointer; in case this JSON pointer is the root, the root itself is returned

@complexity Linear in the length of the JSON pointer.

@liveexample{The example shows the result of parent_pointer for different JSON Pointers.,json_pointer__parent_pointer}

Since

version 3.6.0

Definition at line 12766 of file json.hpp.

    {
        if (empty())
        {
            return *this;
        }
 
        json_pointer res = *this;
        res.pop_back();
        return res;
    }