unescape

Description

Decodes String objects encoded with the escape method.

Syntax

unescape(x)

Parameters

x

A string with hexadecimal sequences to escape.

Returns

The unescape method returns a new string that contains the contents of x. All characters encoded with the %xx hexadecimal form are replaced by their ASCII character set equivalents.

Characters encoded in %uxxxx format (Unicode characters) are replaced with the Unicode character with hexadecimal encoding xxxx.

Examples

unescape("Hello%7B%5BWorld%5D%7D")
//The result is: Hello{[World]}