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escape

escape, URL

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

    escape(expression)

Parameters

`expression` The expression to convert into a string and encode in a URL-encoded format.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Function; converts the parameter to a string and encodes it in a URL-encoded format, where all non-alphanumeric characters are escaped with % hexadecimal sequences.

Example

Running the following code gives the result, `Hello%7B%5BWorld%5D%7D`.

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

See also

`unescape`