escape

Summary

Deprecated

The deprecated escape() function encodes a string so it can be read on all computers.

Syntax

escape(str)

str

Required. A String to be encoded

Return Value

Returns a string value in Unicode format that contains the encoded contents of the str parameter.

Examples

unescape("webplatform"); // "webplatform"
unescape("ümlaut"); // "%FCmlaut"
unescape("日本語"); // "%u65E5%u672C%u8A9E"

Remarks

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 %u xxxx format.

Notes

The escape function should not be used to encode URIs. Use encodeURI and encodeURIComponent functions instead

See also

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Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: Article