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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript language elements > Global Functions > unescape function

unescape function

unescape(string:String) : String

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.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5

Parameters

string:String - A string with hexadecimal sequences to escape.

Returns

String - A string decoded from a URL-encoded parameter.

Example

The following example shows the escape-to-unescape conversion process:

var email:String = "user@somedomain.com";
trace(email);
var escapedEmail:String = escape(email);
trace(escapedEmail);
var unescapedEmail:String = unescape(escapedEmail);
trace(unescapedEmail);

The following result is displayed in the Output panel.

user@somedomain.com
user%40somedomain%2Ecom
user@somedomain.com

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