unescape

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

unescape(x)

Parameters

x A string with hexadecimal sequences to escape.

Returns

A string decoded from a URL-encoded parameter.

Description

Function; evaluates the parameter x as a string, decodes the string from URL-encoded format (converting all hexadecimal sequences to ASCII characters), and returns the string.

Example

The following example illustrates the escape-to-unescape conversion process.

escape("Hello{[World]}");

The escaped result is as follows:

("Hello%7B%5BWorld%5D%7D');

Use unescape to return to the original format:

unescape("Hello%7B%5BWorld%5D%7D");

The result is as follows:

Hello{[World]}