Name
unescape( ) Global Function — decode an escaped string
Availability
Flash 5
Synopsis
unescape(stringExpression)
Arguments
- stringExpression
A string (or expression that resolves to a string) that was previously encoded via
escape( )
.
Returns
A new string that is a decoded version of
string
.
Description
The unescape( )
function returns a new string
based on string
. The new string contains
equivalent Latin 1 characters for every occurrence of a two-digit
hexadecimal escape sequence prefixed with %
in
string
. The escape( )
and unescape( )
functions are used to encode and
decode strings for safe transfer over a network. However, manual use
of unescape( )
is rarely necessary as Flash
automatically converts URL-encoded text when it is imported via
loadVariables( )
.
Example
var msg = "hello!"; // Set msgCoded to "hello%21" msgCoded = escape(msg); // Set msgDecoded to "hello!" var msgDecoded = unescape(msgCoded);
See Also
escape( )
; Appendix B
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