unescape Method

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Returns as decoded string from a String object encoded with the escape method.

function unescape(charString : String) : String

Arguments

  • charString
    Required. A String object or literal to be decoded.

Remarks

The unescape method returns a string value that contains the contents of charString. All characters encoded with the %xx hexadecimal form are replaced by their ASCII character set equivalents.

Characters encoded in %uxxxx format (Unicode characters) are replaced with the Unicode character with hexadecimal encoding xxxx.

Note

The unescape method should not be used to decode Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI). Use decodeURI and decodeURIComponent methods instead.

Requirements

Version 1

Applies To:

Global Object

See Also

Reference

decodeURI Method

decodeURIComponent Method

escape Method

String Object