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# percentEncodedPath

The path URL component expressed as a URL-encoded string, or `nil` if not present.

```
var percentEncodedPath: String? { get set }
```

## Discussion

For example, in the URL `http://www.example.com/index.html`, the path is `/index.html`.

If you set this value to something that is not a valid, percent-encoded string, this class throws an exception.

> Note:
> Although an unencoded semicolon is a valid character in a percent-encoded path, for compatibility with the ``doc://com.apple.foundation/documentation/Foundation/NSURL`` class, you should always percent-encode it. To properly encode a string for use in the path component of a URL, use the character set returned by the `URLPathAllowedCharacterSet` method in conjunction with the ``doc://com.apple.foundation/documentation/Foundation/NSString/addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters:)`` method.

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