escape Method

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Returns an encoded String object that can be read on all computers.

function escape(charString : String) : String

Arguments

  • charString
    Required. Any String object or literal to be encoded.

Remarks

The escape method returns a string value (in Unicode format) that contains the contents of charstring. All spaces, punctuation, accented characters, and any other non-ASCII characters are replaced with %xx encoding, where xx is equivalent to the hexadecimal number representing the character. For example, a space is returned as "%20".

Characters with a value greater than 255 are stored using the %uxxxx format.

Note

The escape method should not be used to encode Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI). Use encodeURI and encodeURIComponent methods instead.

Requirements

Version 1

Applies To:

Global Object

See Also

Reference

encodeURI Method

encodeURIComponent Method

String Object

unescape Method