| Core function | |
| Implemented in | Navigator 2.0 |
Syntax
unescape(string)
Parameters
string |
A string containing characters in the form "%xx", where xx is a 2-digit hexadecimal number.
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Description
The string returned by the unescape function is a series of characters in the ISO-Latin-1 character set. The unescape function is a top-level JavaScript function not associated with any object. In server-side JavaScript, use this function to decode name/value pairs in URLs.
Examples
The following client-side example returns "&":
unescape("%26")
The following client-side example returns "!#":
unescape("%21%23")
In the following server-side example, val1 has been passed to the request object as a hexadecimal value. The statement assigns the decoded value of val1 to myValue.
myValue = unescape(request.val1)
See also
escape
Last Updated: 10/31/97 16:38:00