DecodeURLComponent

Method

Decodes the components of a URL that were encoded by EncodeURLComponent or equivalent.

Syntax

result=DecodeURLComponent(str [,enc])

Part	Type	Description
result	String	The 'original' string.
str	String	The encoded URL.
enc	TextEncoding	The TextEncoding to be used to decode str.

Notes

A valid URL is a series of components that are separated by component separators. They are the ".", "/", ";", "&", and "?". EncodeURLComponent works with each component part of the URL. It assumes that any component separators in a component represent text and must be encoded. An encoded URL is decoded by DecodeURLComponent.

The optional text encoding parameter is used to specify the original encoding of the string. To specify the encoding, use the Encodings module as shown in the second example.

Examples

Here are examples of how an encoded URL is decoded.

Dim s as String
s = DecodeURLComponent("www.bob%26ray.com") // returns "www.bob&ray.com"
s = DecodeURLComponent(TextField1.Text, Encodings.DOSArabic))

See Also

Encodings module, EncodeURLComponent function.