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<legacy_id>1249</legacy_id>

<name>URLDecode</name>

<type>function</type>

<syntax>

<example>the URLDecode of <i>formString</i></example>

<example>URLDecode(<i>formString</i>)</example>

</syntax>

<library></library>

<objects>

</objects>

<synonyms>

</synonyms>

<classification>

<category>Text and Data Processing</category>

<category>Networks &amp; Communication</category>

</classification>

<references>

<command tag="post">post Command</command>

<function tag="baseConvert">baseConvert Function</function>

<function tag="charToNum">charToNum Function</function>

<property tag="httpHeaders">httpHeaders Property</property>

<function tag="macToISO">macToISO Function</function>

<function tag="decompress">decompress Function</function>

<function tag="arrayDecode">arrayDecode Function</function>

</references>

<history>

<introduced version="1.0">Added.</introduced>

</history>

<platforms>

<mac/>

<windows/>

<linux/>

<ios/>

<android/>

</platforms>

<classes>

<desktop/>

<server/>

<web/>

<mobile/>

</classes>

<security>

</security>

<summary><glossary tag="return">Returns</glossary> the <glossary tag="decode">decoded</glossary> form of a <keyword tag="URL">URL</keyword> that was <glossary tag="encode">encoded</glossary> for posting to an <keyword tag="http">HTTP</keyword> <glossary tag="server">server</glossary>.</summary>

<examples>

<example>URLDecode("A+B%2F1+2") <code><i>-- returns "A B/1 2"</i></code></example>

<example>put URLDecode(field "Test URL") after URLToCheck</example>

</examples>

<description>

<p>Use the <b>URLDecode</b> <control_st tag="function">function</control_st> to <glossary tag="decode">decode</glossary> a <keyword tag="URL">URL</keyword> that has been sent by another system.</p><p/><p><b>Parameters:</b></p><p>The <i>formString</i> is any <keyword tag="string">string</keyword>, or any <glossary tag="expression">expression</glossary> that <glossary tag="evaluate">evaluates</glossary> to a <keyword tag="string">string</keyword>.</p><p/><p><b>Value:</b></p><p>The <b>URLDecode</b> <control_st tag="function">function</control_st> <glossary tag="return">returns</glossary> the <i>formString</i> with plus <glossary tag="sign">signs</glossary> "<code>+</code>" converted to spaces and characters in the form<code> %NN </code>converted to the ASCII equivalent of the <glossary tag="hexadecimal">hexadecimal</glossary> number <i>NN</i>.</p><p/><p><b>Comments:</b></p><p>When the <b>URLDecode</b> function encounters a percent sign (<code>%</code>), it treats the next two characters as <glossary tag="hexadecimal">hexadecimal</glossary> digits. (If one of the <keyword tag="characters">characters</keyword> is not a <glossary tag="hexadecimal">hexadecimal</glossary> digit, it's treated as a zero.) The number is converted to its <keyword tag="character">character</keyword> equivalent, using the <glossary tag="character set">character set</glossary> currently in use.</p>

</description>

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